Popularly known as ‘Whispers’, after his column in theSunday Nation, Wahome offered his readers a satirical view of the trials and tribulations of a Kenyan under the Moi regime in the 1980s and 1990s.
Many times, he used his own family as characters in the 'Whispers' column. The family setting, with Thatcher, Whispers Jr and the Investment (aka Pajero), was used to lampoon and interrogate the national political landscape.
The family of humourist Wahome Mutahi, popularly known as ‘Whispers, Son of the Soil’, will on Friday mark 15 years since his death.
In collaboration with Twaweza Communications and the National Coalition on Human Rights Defenders-Kenya, the event will include a keynote address by Dr Joyce Nyairo and a round-table discussion on 'Humour as Social Commentary,' whose discussions will be led by various scholars, activists and satirists, including Paul Kelemba (Maddo), Dr Wandia Njoya, Boniface Mwangi, Dr Doseline Kiguru and Dr Tom Odhiambo.
