Visit To Nyahururu
I witnessed the propane gas paranoia one time when I accompanied my mother to Nyahururu. There was a new Bank Manager at Kenya Commercial Bank, Nyahururu branch where…
Lets Have Tea – Shall We
I have no idea what part of Nyahururu we were in, but the house we visited was beautiful. There were comfortable sofa sets and coffee tables with plenty…
Here Comes Social Media
As we were musing with the idea that our children will find us impressive and sophisticated, BOOM, came the social media and our children took to it like…
Train: (Tereni) Comes To OlKalou
One of my fondest childhood memories growing up in OlKalou was hearing the whistle of the train twice a day, every day. You could set your clocks on…
Train: School Field Trips
The train was also the affordable transportation that most local Primary Schools depended on for taking their students on educational field trips. I never got a chance to…
KCB: Satellite Branch
There were no banks in OlKalou. The closest we came to a bank was a “Satellite” Branch of KCB. You wonder what a Satellite bank is and how…
OlKalou District Hospital
I still remember the hype all over OlKalou when the new District Hospital was opened to patients in mid 1970s. Everybody, all of a sudden had an “ailment”…
Thank You Teachers
I love and greatly appreciate all the teachers who were there to teach us how to curve out the letters of the alphabet and keeping them straight on…
I am a Bridesmaid: Say What?
About a year before I reported to high school, while still a student at Munyeki, my older sister decided to get married. She was having a real church…
Will The Gas Explode In My Face?
I had never seen a gas cooker up close and now I was being shown how to light an automatic one. The sight of an Afri gas cylinder…