Lessons from the Coup of 1982
After the news on the attempted coup and the uneasy calm that followed, my father found it necessary to talk to us about those events. My father was…
Women Head The Households
After the declaration of the State of Emergency by the colonists in 1952, a wave that swept a lot of MauMau leaders to detention, including my father, the…
Women Feed The MauMau
The other risky sacrifice the women made was feeding the MauMau fighters who were hiding in the forests. The women understood the dangers. They knew if they were…
Painful Lessons To Remember
If that history is anything to go by, he urged us to be champions of peace for our country and to teach the same to the future generations.…
Call To Shun Violence
That talk from my father has stayed with me to my adulthood. I was expecting my father to bash the leadership of the time and root for regime…
Teach The Next Generation
Like my father found it necessary to talk to us in our teenage years, using the attempted coup of 1982 as the teachable moment to let us glimpse…
Lets Emulate Our Parents
Our parents worked with any immediate neighbor who shared their hopes and dreams for their beloved country. People who were sick and tired of colonialism and were determined…
We Have Turned Into Our Father
As I mentioned earlier, my father talked to us a lot every opportunity he got. The man could talk. He had a lot to say. That is why…
Roadmap To Our Future
I always wondered where my father got endless materials to talk to us for hours throughout our lives. Now I know. It was a full life well lived,…
Pass The Wisdom To Our Children
Just like us growing up, my children may not get it now, but at some point in their lives when they are ready, they may get to their…