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…
Chapati Stew
There was no rest for the weary, not in my home at least. After making the 30 plus chapatis, I still had to make the stew to go…
How Many Chapatis can You Eat?
On the day of chapatis, everybody finished their outdoor chores quickly and they were ready for dinner at 6.30pm promptly. Everybody got their stew served in a bowl.…
End of Wheat Farming
The above is the same fate that befell the wheat in Nyandarua. The farmers worked so hard to farm the wheat but their single buyer, National Cereal and…
Spoilt Animals
Most of the animals that Nyandarua farmers owned were inherited from the British colonists who owned the land before them. The farmers purchased the animals through the Cooperative…
Soap – Kwihaka Thabuni
There was one bar of soap that was common in every home. It was the Panga Soap brand, and it is still in the market today. We called…
Latrine
Wherever human beings live, a toilet is as important as where people eat and sleep. Every home in OlKalou had a latrine at the furthest corner of their…
Cattle Dip: Munanda
The British Settler who owned our land had a huge cattle dip for his livestock. The huge vat was for cows and the smaller one was for sheep.…
Clarion Call for Water
I still have hope that God will send Nyandarua a hero or heroes who will address the water problem once and for all. Politicians usually have an agenda…
OlKalou Town
As I mentioned earlier about my embarrassment of the OlKalou name, anyone who knew the town back then in the 1970s would agree with me. Sort of. There…