Author: Lynet Awino

There is a moment in In the Seashell Hum where words stop making immediate sense. “404 error message. The signs are gone. They stole the seashell radio tape. I am the sign.” The words arrive broken, strange, almost nonsensical. At first, the audience laughs nervously, unsure whether to interpret the moment as poetry, madness, memory, or performance experimentation. But as the production progresses, the fragments begin forming an emotional language of their own. Suddenly, the confusion feels intentional. Human. Familiar, even. This Mental Awareness Month, I had the opportunity to watch ‘In the Seashell Hum’, a psychodrama stage production by…

Jubilee Health Insurance and the Sikh Council of Kenya have joined forces to launch a medical cover scheme tailored specifically for members of the Sikh community in Kenya, extending protection to their families and businesses. The partnership marks the first in a planned series of affinity group collaborations designed to bring organised communities into the healthcare system — not as an afterthought, but as the entry point. Why Community-Based Cover Makes Sense Now The cost of healthcare continues to climb. For many Kenyan households, the barrier is not the willingness to pay for medical cover — it is the upfront…

The beach has become a balance sheet. HassConsult launched Kenya’s first Coastal Land Price Index Tuesday, tracking land values across 12 towns from Lamu to Diani using a decade of price data. What it found reshapes how to think about Kenya’s coast as an investment destination. Land prices in Diani rose 79.1 percent between Q4 2020 and Q4 2025. Watamu climbed 70.4 percent over the same period. Lamu gained 59.7 percent and Bamburi 56.6 percent. These are not speculative outliers. They reflect a structural shift in who buys coastal land, why they buy it, and what they are willing to…

The National Museums of Kenya started charging new entry fees across all its museums and heritage sites from 7 May 2026, under Legal Notice No. 79 of 2025, the National Museums and Heritage (Admissions Fees) Regulations 2025. The fees vary by site, visitor category and nationality. Kenyan and East African citizens pay in shillings. Residents from the rest of Africa and foreigners from outside the continent pay in US dollars. What You Pay at Each Site Nairobi National Museum Category Kenya & East Africa (KSh) Rest of Africa (USD) Outside Africa (USD) Adult 350 9 18 Child 200 6 9…

Air France has brought one of France’s most compelling culinary voices into its Business cabin on the Nairobi–Paris route, partnering with Michelin-starred chef Mory Sacko to serve a rotating menu of dishes that draw on West African tradition and French technique in equal measure. Who Is Mory Sacko? Sacko trained in the grand palace hotels of Paris before arriving on the gastronomic scene in 2020 with the opening of MoSuke, his debut restaurant on the Left Bank. The concept, as he describes it on his website, proposes “a detailed and poetic conversation between Africa, France, and Japan” — a triangulation…

Kenya’s biggest night in film and television belonged to three titles. At the 14th Kalasha International Film and TV Awards, held on Saturday 2 May at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, the Oscar-submitted feature Nawi and the short film Sukari each claimed five awards, while television drama Kash Money swept its category to round off a night that announced a new generation of Kenyan storytelling to the world. The ceremony, hosted by Amina Abdi Rabar and Lotan Salaipei, drew industry players and key stakeholders from across East and Central Africa. Nawi crowns Kenya’s awards season Nawi arrived at…