Produce – Everywhere You Look
There were plenty of rainy months in Nyandarua with only a handful of dry ones. Nyandarua has a one season harvest. While in Gikuyu they plant their maize…
Dam Rehabilitation
OlKalou has produced some mighty successful career people who are very well connected and well traveled. Some of the second generation Nyandaruans who now own and run the…
Wasted Produce
After phasing out cash crops from our massive farm, we concentrated on subsistence farming, growing only food crops for our family consumption. And consuming we did. Nothing from…
Gachogu: The Prankster
Mr. Gachogu was the serious administrator who oversaw the construction of the first classrooms at Munyeki. But he was also the playful headmaster who came to class with…
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…
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…