KCC Returns Perfectly Good Milk
Like the excess produce with no market for it, the Nyahururu KCC was the only buyer of milk from most of Nyandarua. The factory got overwhelmed with the…
Let The Dogs Have Some Milk
The avalanche of returned milk did not just affect the humans. Dogs were not spared either. Africans do not have a very good track record of treating their…
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…
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…
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…
Bottom Falls Out
Like all good mothers are known for embarrassing themselves and their children without batting an eyelid, my mother asked our host how she managed to cook the tea…
Have Some Ugali with Tea
At my sisters’ I saw Ugali made in a sufuria for the first time in my life. Their flour was Jogoo which made the Ugali so light and…
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…