Food Shortage
The dry season did not just affect the livestock. Their owners were not spared either. The Nyandarua that is known for its high yields of potatoes and green…
Making Chapati
I learnt to make Chapatis before I was 10 years old. I had no choice because my older sister was away in college, my younger sister was a…
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…
My Sisters’ Meals vs OlKalou’s
Food at my sisters’ house was prepared and served in style. Their rice was always boiled separately and meat and vegetables were served as two separate side dishes…
OlKalou Meals
Back home in OlKalou, our meals were a mass production for a minimum of ten people making the taste sometimes disappear in the quantity. Our meals were mainly…
Sausage Flew Off My Plate
Still on my first week, with shock and awe still swirling in my head, my sister and her husband took me to a restaurant. I was intimidated to…
Role Models
We all need role models in our lives. Somebody we can look up to. Somebody who is in better circumstances than our current situation. I call them Mirror…