He had never touched drugs from childhood, but the peer pressure was too much for him. He first tried alcohol but found it bitter. However, he got used to the taste with time.
I survived narrowly as the crowd was baying for my blood. The police took me away. I can’t tell how I got to the police station alive because of the beating I got from the crowd.
As a society, we need to understand that children born out of wedlock have not done anything wrong to deserve mistreatment or segregation.
She claimed that the stepmother started mistreating them to the point of denying them food "but our father turned a blind eye on our plight even when we reported to him what was happening.
My children were the greatest victims of this debacle since, to them, I was an absentee father who not only had time for them but could not provide for them in any way.
Once you get accustomed to quick money, it’s difficult to let it go. I had two main goals in this profession: money and revenge. I was a bitter woman seeking vengeance against men.
To sustain my habit, I resorted to stealing from others, even from fellow students, leading to the unsettling situation of attending eighth grade while incarcerated.
It took several minutes for him to regain consciousness. “When I finally came to my senses, I felt numbness on one side of my body. My left leg and hand couldn’t move.”
Her research on mental health unearthed worrying statistics in Kiambu and Nyeri counties.
A lot of people know how to forgive other people but judge themselves with so much guilt and shame.
I appeal to everyone out there to love and embrace street families and especially young mothers. Every child deserves a good life.
I was in denial for a while. I consider myself very sharp and bright and so I failed to understand how this could happen to me. It took me more than four years to accept.
As we speak today we have six boys who we have placed at different secondary schools, six at different polytechnics, eight at different primary schools and we hope to help more.
The greatest challenge has been my education being delayed by four years. I took eight years on campus due to a mental condition.
Despite their strained relationship, Mark Oloo and his mother have made amends.
I witnessed firsthand the devastating effects of period poverty. Girls would frequently miss school during their menstrual cycles, which compelled me to take action.
I am just from the hospital taking medications for depression and pressure-related ailments. The burden of taking care of these kids is becoming too much considering that my age is advanced.
I was sent home for school fees. When I arrived, I saw new curtains but it did not ring a bell immediately. I knocked at the door and that’s when I realised the house had new occupants.
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