There’s nothing educational about my pain, Nothing to learn from the tears I shed every time I forget to breathe, See, every so often, I remember what I lost, It becomes impossible to deal with the pain. So, I curl up on my blue rug and cry it out, I place my phone on my …
As the candidates sit for their English papers, it is essential to note that these year’s texts were a little bit different. The selection of literature text for this year has been a gift to the feminism course, and the learners are well-aware. If you have gone through the set books in English, you have …
Tears are still running, the blood is not yet dry, but the noise has subsided. For some reason, it is time for the young ones to walk back into that compound that traumatized them, took their friends, and shook their belief in safety. Parents have to send their children back to Kakamega primary, a place …
January is coming, everyone knows this and most people dread it. The strain that the month has on our finances is beyond anything experienced at any other time. That is why you will find people clearing salaries and paying major bills such as medical insurance and rent before Christmas. If you are prepared for the …
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If you went through the Kenyan education system, you experienced the madness that comes around every end of the year. The exam periods set for primary and secondary triggers parents, teachers, and learners. Although only one group is sitting for the papers, the test falls on all three. This becomes a moment to prove that …
Invisible Misery Looking back, I can’t help but wonder why I didn’t walk away from it sooner. The thing is, I didn’t even know there was anything wrong until it was too late. A friend asked me how I ended up in the situation that I was in or how I got out of it. …
Sunday mornings were somewhat a routine. I’d wake up early to go for discipleship classes. Breakfast was a luxury I couldn’t afford, mainly because of the expenses but then also because I always overslept and there was no time to prepare anything. Every Sunday for three months, I walked the long stretch of a bad …
Too Early For Birds My history lessons in high school were characterized by my desk mate bending to pick a pencil and getting up after the bell. It’s almost impossible for me to remember a word that my teacher said in any of the four years because I was either too consumed by the view …
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