Creative Writer, Copywriter & Storyteller

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What makes something memorable? Stories. Stories explain us. They connect us, reveal who we are. I look for the story behind the brand, the emotion behind the action and the why behind the what. Everything is a story and there are not enough storytellers. A Creative Writer, Copywriter and Storyteller from Kakamega, Eddy Ashioya prides himself in finding the face behind the façade.

Eddy Ashioya’s Achilles heel is his unrequited love for home-cooked, soft-peeling, eat-all-you-want chapatis.

the dead are born every day

Life, for the dead, is within reach of the marble headstones, the comfort in sleeping in friendly proximity to the living.

Nairobi, Nairoberry, KaNairo

If you find yourself 1-v-1 with an avocado and say, “Hii nitakula kesho.” You have already lost that war.

How I Lost My Faith in Church

Jesus has always been box-office. You can tell by how the church, and in extension, religious organisations have been serving popcornentertainment by falling over themselves, angling to frolic in...

The Moment Before The Messiah Comes

I knew I’d never see them again. I didn’t care. I knew they’d do it tonight, and they’d do everything: him on top, her on top, sideways, scissoring.

13 Reasons Why

1. This is how I remember it. Walking in town. Earbuds plugged in. I feel like Sakaja after I have dumped trash at someone’s door. That will show them! So this is what it feels like to be a power...

The Coxswain

TukTuks and bodabodas like a line of maniac safari ants. Wazees in kanzus and taqiyah, ladies in buibuis and younger ones in deras. Boys in football jerseys—Manchester United red; Chelsea, blue;...

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