Dreams from grandpa: Transitioning from an unwanted child to glue that binds the family
The Luhyia community in western Kenya use the tropical plant, also known as Nandi flame, flowers towards the end of the dry season and bears sun-shaped bright red flowers that signal change of season from dry to long rain season. Nasirmbwe symbolises a season of plenty and end of suffering. I carry the name with pride, knowing it is a gift from my family’s history and a sign of divine connection
Shunning suicide for Jesus Christ: How meeting God at the point of need healed my migraine
In 2022, I joined the University of Nairobi, hopeful that campus life would usher in a new lease of life. Instead, the agony intensified. I visited Kenyatta National Hospital and was prescribed spectacles to reduce light sensitivity. They cost 6,000 Kenya shillings, but even that brought no respite. At this point, I was on the cups of surrendering to unknown force. Death!
