Michael Kirwa
@kirwa.bsky.social
Sports journalist and football administrator.
Blogs on https://anagram254.wordpress.com/; also writes for https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/author/michael-kirwa
Blogs on https://anagram254.wordpress.com/; also writes for https://eastleighvoice.co.ke/author/michael-kirwa
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A beautifully-written tribute to the formidable Gwen Robinson, my former FT colleague, who has died far too early. She was a helluva journalist and woman. www.ft.com/content/ec0b...
Gwen Robinson, FT foreign correspondent and editor, 1960-2025
The Asia expert was known for her network of contacts, intrepid reporting and ability to handle big egos
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April 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A beautifully-written tribute to the formidable Gwen Robinson, my former FT colleague, who has died far too early. She was a helluva journalist and woman. www.ft.com/content/ec0b...
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I'll be discussing the situation in DRC in east London on May 24. Everyone welcome. Bienvenue à tous!
April 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I'll be discussing the situation in DRC in east London on May 24. Everyone welcome. Bienvenue à tous!
Sneaking back to Blue Sky to see if I have missed much.
April 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Sneaking back to Blue Sky to see if I have missed much.
Eric Ng'eno -- Rage against Odinga: How we betray ourselves
January 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Eric Ng'eno -- Rage against Odinga: How we betray ourselves
Eric Ng'eno: On the contemplation of freedom and impunity
January 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Eric Ng'eno: On the contemplation of freedom and impunity
The Danish word for "better" is "bedre". "Bedre" is pronounced "bihlthruh".
January 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The Danish word for "better" is "bedre". "Bedre" is pronounced "bihlthruh".
#LateButStillSaturday | Eric Ng'eno: Truth and democracy in the age of digital impunity
January 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
#LateButStillSaturday | Eric Ng'eno: Truth and democracy in the age of digital impunity
#IForgotYesterdayWasSaturday | Eric Ng'eno: Manufacturing dissent in the age of artificial intelligence
January 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#IForgotYesterdayWasSaturday | Eric Ng'eno: Manufacturing dissent in the age of artificial intelligence
Safaricom can generate 21 767 823 360 M-Pesa transaction codes in a day but M-Pesa users use only 1% of those codes daily. Some M-Pesa codes will create amusement in 2025 by starting with words like TAO, TEA, TEI, and TKK.
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FROM TATTOOS TO TITTIES: Here are the quirky M-Pesa Transaction Codes of 2025
You must have already noticed that following the crossover to 2025, your M-Pesa transaction codes no longer start with the letter “S”. The method which Safaricom uses to generate M-Pesa transaction…
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January 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Safaricom can generate 21 767 823 360 M-Pesa transaction codes in a day but M-Pesa users use only 1% of those codes daily. Some M-Pesa codes will create amusement in 2025 by starting with words like TAO, TEA, TEI, and TKK.
anagram254.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/f...
anagram254.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/f...
2025 happens to be the square of 45. The last time a year was a perfect square was in 1936, 89 years ago. The next such year is 2116, square of 46. Someone born in or before 1936 should feel absolutely lucky to see 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 8:34 PM
2025 happens to be the square of 45. The last time a year was a perfect square was in 1936, 89 years ago. The next such year is 2116, square of 46. Someone born in or before 1936 should feel absolutely lucky to see 2025.
Eric Ng'eno: It's time to rediscover our noble humanitarian heritage
December 28, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Eric Ng'eno: It's time to rediscover our noble humanitarian heritage
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Just finished up John Bercow's chapter on Brexit. He hated Theresa May's guts.
"It's hard to overstate just how dreadful, how diabolical and how disastrous Theresa May's leadership was"
"...the worst communication skills I have ever seen in any British PM in my lifetime"
LMFAO
"It's hard to overstate just how dreadful, how diabolical and how disastrous Theresa May's leadership was"
"...the worst communication skills I have ever seen in any British PM in my lifetime"
LMFAO
December 27, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Just finished up John Bercow's chapter on Brexit. He hated Theresa May's guts.
"It's hard to overstate just how dreadful, how diabolical and how disastrous Theresa May's leadership was"
"...the worst communication skills I have ever seen in any British PM in my lifetime"
LMFAO
"It's hard to overstate just how dreadful, how diabolical and how disastrous Theresa May's leadership was"
"...the worst communication skills I have ever seen in any British PM in my lifetime"
LMFAO
Eric Ng'eno: How shall we know truth in a world of alternative facts?
December 21, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Eric Ng'eno: How shall we know truth in a world of alternative facts?
FIGURES | Mungai Kihanya: You don't have to be a millionaire to lend to the government
December 15, 2024 at 8:25 AM
FIGURES | Mungai Kihanya: You don't have to be a millionaire to lend to the government
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1️⃣ NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
I can unveil that my third book, 'Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football' will be released by Pitch Publishing on 10 March 2025 📗
Here's the launch blog post with more detail and a thread on the chapters...🧵
bit.ly/3ZuaStC
I can unveil that my third book, 'Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football' will be released by Pitch Publishing on 10 March 2025 📗
Here's the launch blog post with more detail and a thread on the chapters...🧵
bit.ly/3ZuaStC
New Book Announcement - Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football - Outside Write
Share via WhatsAppPlease share:I can finally reveal that my third book, Shades of Green: A Journey Into Irish Football, is coming out onRead more...
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December 14, 2024 at 5:53 PM
1️⃣ NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
I can unveil that my third book, 'Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football' will be released by Pitch Publishing on 10 March 2025 📗
Here's the launch blog post with more detail and a thread on the chapters...🧵
bit.ly/3ZuaStC
I can unveil that my third book, 'Shades of Green: A Journey into Irish Football' will be released by Pitch Publishing on 10 March 2025 📗
Here's the launch blog post with more detail and a thread on the chapters...🧵
bit.ly/3ZuaStC
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Ratcliffe revolution already souring, yet United still more optimistic than City heading in to clown-car derby.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Amorim’s promise of jam tomorrow at Manchester United is already spread thin | Jonathan WIlson
The banter era rolls on at Old Trafford and Sunday’s trip to City could be more clown-car rally than demolition derby
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Ratcliffe revolution already souring, yet United still more optimistic than City heading in to clown-car derby.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
This is undoubtedly the most famous photo of Everton manager Sean Dyche. Its origin truly promotes the essence of a man who advocates for people not to put feelings above truth, and perception above reality.
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Utter Woke Nonsense: The truth behind the photo featuring in the viral Sean Dyche quote card
A photo of Sean Dyche casting an angry look at the camera while standing in front of a green brick wall took a life of it own after football fans embraced as the face of the fight against woke practic...
blog.ke.sportpesa.com
December 14, 2024 at 4:54 PM
This is undoubtedly the most famous photo of Everton manager Sean Dyche. Its origin truly promotes the essence of a man who advocates for people not to put feelings above truth, and perception above reality.
blog.ke.sportpesa.com/2024/12/02/u...
blog.ke.sportpesa.com/2024/12/02/u...
I got a hit on my blog after someone searched "kalenjin butts" on Google.
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 AM
I got a hit on my blog after someone searched "kalenjin butts" on Google.
Eric Ng'eno: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
December 14, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Eric Ng'eno: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
GenZ has become a byword for "young person". I have been at the kibanda for my evening tea and the elderly taxi drivers I found there have been calling me "GenZ" despite my insistence to the otherwise. One told me, "juu wewe ni mdogo wetu, ukiwa hapa wewe ni GenZ".
December 13, 2024 at 4:28 PM
GenZ has become a byword for "young person". I have been at the kibanda for my evening tea and the elderly taxi drivers I found there have been calling me "GenZ" despite my insistence to the otherwise. One told me, "juu wewe ni mdogo wetu, ukiwa hapa wewe ni GenZ".
The cartoonist Maddo recently talked about his age matching the last two digits of his year of birth. Turns out there is a name for such a phenomenon and Gen. Francis Ogolla's death was not without an eerie marker deserving of a name describing it.
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The Ogolla Palindrome Day and the Class of 1962
The Ogolla Palindrome Day There was a spooky mark to the late General Francis Ogolla’s unfortunate and untimely completion of the cycle of life when he and nine other military personnel died on Thu…
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December 13, 2024 at 4:12 PM
The cartoonist Maddo recently talked about his age matching the last two digits of his year of birth. Turns out there is a name for such a phenomenon and Gen. Francis Ogolla's death was not without an eerie marker deserving of a name describing it.
anagram254.wordpress.com/2024/12/13/t...
anagram254.wordpress.com/2024/12/13/t...
30 years ago, Kenya Breweries FC had a chance to win a continental title but they capitulated in the most dumbfounding fashion against Zaire's DC Motema Pembe. Here is the story of what happened on that day.
blog.ke.sportpesa.com/2024/12/10/3...
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30 Years Since DC Motema Pembe: When Kenya Breweries FC Thought They Had Won It All
In 1994, Kenya Breweries FC need only a 0-0 or 1-1 draw to emulate Gor Mahia as the only Kenyan football club to win a continental title but they capitulated in the most dumbfounding fashion as the lo...
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December 10, 2024 at 2:19 PM
30 years ago, Kenya Breweries FC had a chance to win a continental title but they capitulated in the most dumbfounding fashion against Zaire's DC Motema Pembe. Here is the story of what happened on that day.
blog.ke.sportpesa.com/2024/12/10/3...
blog.ke.sportpesa.com/2024/12/10/3...
Mwananchi has a whole page of cartoons commentating on various aspects of Tanzanian life. The cartoonists pay particular attention to accentuating some features of the female anatomy.
December 8, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Mwananchi has a whole page of cartoons commentating on various aspects of Tanzanian life. The cartoonists pay particular attention to accentuating some features of the female anatomy.
East Africa is one country. Tanzanians live in fear of being abducted and like Kenyans with KRA, Tanzanians are ever suspicious of the intentions of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA).
December 8, 2024 at 10:33 AM
East Africa is one country. Tanzanians live in fear of being abducted and like Kenyans with KRA, Tanzanians are ever suspicious of the intentions of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA).
Itafurahisha waenzi wa lugha ya Kiswahili kuwa pia nimedadisi taarifa zinazogonga vichwa vya habari kule Bongo. Katika toleo ya leo ya Mwananchi, kuna taarifa kuhusu Kenya kununua umeme kutoka Tanzania.
December 8, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Itafurahisha waenzi wa lugha ya Kiswahili kuwa pia nimedadisi taarifa zinazogonga vichwa vya habari kule Bongo. Katika toleo ya leo ya Mwananchi, kuna taarifa kuhusu Kenya kununua umeme kutoka Tanzania.