Mbukha Shitemi
Ms Shitemi is the Secretary General of Kakamega Book Club, and also works as an office administrator in the Registrar Academic Affairs office at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST). Her contact: mbukhashitemi@gmail.com
Author: Prof. Egara Kabaji
Title: Beyond the Dark Clouds
Pages: 200
Contact: egarakabaji@gmail.com
Cost: KSh. 650/-
Publisher and Year: Intercen Books Publishing Company, 2025
Prof. Egara Kabaji is known to be a gifted storyteller, and his new novel Beyond the Dark Clouds reaffirms this reputation while firmly establishing his place on the literary landscape, not only in Kenya but across Africa. This deeply human and riveting dystopian narrative captures the resilience of...
Author: Egara Kabaji
Title: A Journey to Becoming (A Novel)
Contact: egarakabaji@gmail.com
Cost: KSh400
Publisher and Year: One Planet Publishing and Media Services Ltd, 2022
Reviewer: Mbukha Shitemi
Egara Kabaji’s A Journey to Becoming is an intriguing and thought proving novel. Its strength lies in the complexity of its simplicity.
No wonder it won the Second Runners Up for the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature, 2022 edition.
This novel takes...
Title: The Reunion
Author: Kekelwa Nyaywa
Contact: elugalia@eastafricanpublishers.com
Cost: KSh500
Publisher and Year: East African Educational Publishers (EAEP), 2020
Reviewer: Mbukha Shitemi
The Reunion by Kekelwa Nyaywa is a moving story about Felize, a Zambian girl who grows up in a dysfunctional family.
This family lives in poverty with alcoholic parents who care less about the wellbeing of their...
Title: The Silent Footsteps
Author: Ipara Odeo
Cost: KSh1,000
Contact: iparaodeo@yahoo.com
Publisher and Year: Kibabii University Press, 2020
Reviewer: Mbukha Shitemi
The Silent Footsteps is an extraordinary story that takes us deep inside Prof. Ipara Odeo’s life and achievements.
Significantly, this autobiography does not only present the fantastic story of the author but also fundamentally...
Author: Barack Wandera
Title: Dear Anita
Contact: barackwandera@yahoo.com
Cost: KSh500
Publisher and Year: InterCEN Books, 2022
Reviewer: Mbukha Shitemi
The epistolary novel is rare in the 21st century.
This may be due to the decline...
Author: Prof. Egara Kabaji
Title: Mourning Glory
Contact: egarakabaji@gmail.com
Cost: KSh. 500
Publisher and Year: InterCEN Books, 2022
Reviewer: Mbukha Shitemi
Prof. Egara Kabaji’s new novel, Mourning Glory, is a heart-rending story that will bring variegated emotions in how it treats the pain, struggle and agony of living on the periphery of the Kenyan social and political landscape.
The book is dedicated to the people of Turkana, and indeed,...
