![]() It was really hard to convince him to pass a story that named private parts. "Mbogo was very particular about the language he would allow on final copy. Linda, a sub before she became the company's legal assistant, learns that subbing is fun and that a lawyer is not misplaced in the newsroom. He said maybe if we shared it we could come up with a headline." A few minutes later, he was back at my desk, smiling and bearing a flask of uji. He shook his head, saying 'Fikiria kidogo tu'. He suggested a new headline that could not fit in the space allocated. "Once I wrote a lousy headline and he said, 'This is a nonsense'. Valerie learns to push herself to the limit. "If he came across a ridiculous story - which in the first place should not have seen the light of day - he would call you and say 'this is a nonstory'. He said: 'Annah, how many times will I remind you that Parliament stands for both the National Assembly and the Senate?' Now I know," Annah says. One day he was really getting frustrated that I kept forgetting the National Assembly and the Parliament are worlds apart in the not-so-new constitution. "Mbogo would always tell you to crosscheck the name of a person or a remote village. But he was as calm as could be, he was not letting a badly written and poorly subbed story be published," Josephine says.Īnnah learns to doubt every single 'fact' in a story and verify it. The page was late for press and Wanjiru was standing in front of us saying, 'Mbogo that page has to go to press now'. "One time, he sat at my computer and rewrote a story I thought I’d done a good job on. But not Mbogo he is calm and does not let the pressure compromise the quality of his work. The storm quickly builds into a whirlwind as the clock ticks towards 5pm.Įveryone on the desk is in a frenzy, nerves are on edge and tempers are short. "He would say to me, 'Habari yako? Good, good, good', followed by hearty laughter, smiling eyes and hand gestures."Īnd then the copy tightening fact-checking sulky reporter calling bad grammar, pathetic spelling and puzzling punctuation correcting biased story balancing libel avoiding inverse pyramid of news story restructuring house style maintaining copy fitting headline and caption writing and deadline chasing storm kicks up in earnest. ![]() Valerie and Mbogo have a 'morning' ritual. "The minute he said 'Hi, Jossy' in that soft voice of his the anger would melt away and we’d start catching up," she says. Josephine, who had not been "very amused" by Mbogo's tardiness, cannot stay mad. He hopes to catch the 7pm Kiswahili news bulletin at home for the first time in a long while. I knew we'll be okay," she says.īesides, Mbogo has brought her a peace offering of fruit salad, so all is forgiven.ĭuncan is raring to go. "When Mbogo settled down, the team was complete. He finally sits down, rolls up his sleeves, cracks his knuckles and gets down to work. Thankfully, hot water is readily available at the water dispenser. I never imagined it would take three months for him to give it back!" she says.Ĭup in hand, Mbogo’s second order of business is to find a tea bag, which he does after a long tour of the newsroom. ![]() "I had a fancy cup that Mbogo liked, so he borrowed it. Mbogo Murage's first order of business - after he has said his hellos - is to find a cup. Just want the teapot and don't need the cups? We have just the thing - Rare Tea Gaiwan Teapot.A day in the office with the maestro who sipped tea as he chopped stories, brewed words, marinated idiom, garnished headlines, roasted politicians, grilled reporters and baked sub-editorsĪ slight man saunters into the office in the early afternoon. And when you bring out your travelling tea set on a train or in a hotel restaurant you might find people gravitating gently towards you, hoping for an invitation to share a delicious cup of tea with you. ![]() Good tea can be like a puppy in the park. It's ideal for thoughtful sipping through many infusions of your favourite tea, and for sharing with friends or even strangers. Perfect for multiple infusions of your favourite tea. The teapot holds 150ml and the little cups each hold 50ml. Inside your tea set, you will also find a matching ceramic jug to pour your perfectly infused tea into and three little ceramic cups. This really is a perfect little loose leaf teapot. You don’t need a tea strainer, a tea filter or a loose tea infuser of any kind. The lid is designed to hold back the tea leaves and just allow the delicious tea to pour out. Inside you will find a beautiful ceramic gaiwan teapot. When you are travelling you can take the luxury of loose leaf tea with you, and never have to fall back on teabags. It comes with a case so that you can take it with you wherever you go. This compact and robust gaiwan tea set contains all you need to make the best loose leaf tea.
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