Disaster Response

Everybody was running toward the overturned petroleum tanker which had fallen just few km from Nairobi. Women and their children carrying jerican to fetch petrol which had form a stream after the tank started leaking.

There were those people who could tell how peril it was, ‘we can’t let money flow like this petrol ’this was what the fetchers could say. It becomes hard for them trying to stop them because there were those mind less people who could try to incite strike to the stoppers. There was no otherwise for them rather than to depart the place after they were snake -eyed  

After a few minutes the police arrived to the place. They stopped them because they had the power to, but there were those who still trying to fetch by force. Many were arrested and those who were left behind convene together, which seemed to have been conducting immoral ideas.

About a couple of minutes had pass, a very immediate and halting voice of frame exploded ‘boom’. More than a hundred and twenty died and were left a few survivors badly injured.

This brought a great distress ever happen in our country Kenya. Why do we care for money and forget the danger in the situation? We need to remember ‘all glitter are not gold’.

Love Burries

The wind was howling and the tree branches waived together to form a circular. At the centre of the circle where they sited holding each other like frozen dinosaurs.

They seemed to have fallen in love, but it seemed that one day Mary will give up. “Make a wish Mark”, said Mary. I would like to live without any disease and I also want to have you. When Mary heard that his eyes changed and looked frightened.

One day Mark invited Mary to a picnic, but Mary refused. “Hey Marks I want you to know that I can’t grant your request and from today on ward never call me your girlfriend. Mark became very devastated that, his face had gone white and a thick sweat was coming out from his forehead. Even though they broke up there were those sign you could tell Mary did this for a purpose.

After they broke up, Mark because of the love he had for Mary, he started abusing drugs. This made Mary to think hardly she’s the one causing all this. She visited Mark to consult him for what he was doing wasn’t totally enough to solve the problem they had.

Day after days passed after they reunion again. Mary still seemed to be hiding something. It seemed that when he will tell mark about it, Mark will not tolerate it. When she saw that mark is too much now she decided to tell him a secret she was hiding.   

“Mark why don’t we chaste because am suffering from a terrible disease that I don’t want to destroy your life”, said Mary. Mark laughed, “I know your intension Mary, don’t ever joke with me like that”. That night they had sex for Mark to be satisfied.  

“Why do you keep telling me you are affected by HIV/AID today we are going for test”, said Mark. Mark was absolutely exhausted with the result, they were both affected.

For now mark body weight has decreased this summer and he blames Mary for transmitting the disease to him. To me Mary wasn’t his fault but it was marks that looked for it. Make a wish to fulfill a wish.

Remember, a matter which you are ignorant is like a dark night

A WIZARD DISLIKES COMPANY

He was famous in the whole village, many guys tried to make friends with him, but they didn’t make it. Eric was like a prince in the village I lived, many girls smiled and winked him, but their approaching was poor.
Eric had neither friend nor girl friend; I was the only one in the village who knows that Eric abuses drugs. At night you will find Eric loitering in the village like a wizard, but at daytime he couldn’t.

Eric’s mother was suffering from stoke, she looks to have gone pagal whenever he saws Eric, but why, that was what we could ask our selves.

One day as I was giving a push to my friend who had visited me, hey Eric where are you going? ,”Am going to the bus stop to wait my sister”. We can accompany you if you will accept it, no its okay, he interrupted and rushed away.

As I was on my way back home, I heard a murmuring in a small bush. I tip toed to that small bush and found that it was Eric who was rapping a woman. The woman was been threatened by a knife that he couldn’t scream, but Eric was wearing a mask on his face that the woman couldn’t realize it was Eric.

When the woman saw me, he started scream help. I was helpless because I couldn’t even help my self. Eric threw a knife and got me on my right leg. Suddenly after a short while my father and also villagers appeared. They could ask me question, but I couldn’t answer because I was shocked.

The following day I told them about last night what I saw and no one could believe me. I told them that I have an evidence to show it was Eric, on the left hand I had hit him with a stone and also I have a piece of his shirt, but no one couldn’t believe me yet.

As I was to be taken to the police custody, his mother told them that Eric abused her sexual and this wasn’t his first time he had been disturbing people all the night.

A group of people walked to Eric house, but it was to late because they found Eric had alread

Never call someone clever and you don’t know him/her. Remember worse thing have small beginnings.

WIPED TEARS

David quirk was different from the other orphans. He feed himself in garbage. My father was to raise him, but he had already adopted one. David always makes me laugh whenever am remorse, but those outside friend could call him a nerd that couldn’t change our friendship.

 

It was on Saturday, I was invited by one of my schoolmate to a library. At the library, I turned to read newspaper whereby a man who wanted a guy to assist him in working and the payment wasn’t bad.

 

That day I prayed for the remaining hours to quell faster. After library, I directly went to David’s house. “You know what David I have a miraculous news for you, are you going to accept it”, of course, said David.

 

Although I tried to help, David was having reasons why he doesn’t want to work in such job especially working for wealthy people. He could tell me that when employer notices that he is an orphan he will maltreat him.

 

After he realized his problems, that day we visited the man. When we reached there the house was well organized. The first thing we were to introduce ourselves. When the man heard that David is an orphan he was very happy, but he didn’t show off.

 

The man’s name was Derek. He was been accused of committing murder which he needed a guy like David to apply false witnesses to accuse David. When David noticed this it was too late.

 

When I heard this I felt in a very plight situation. Many people could accuse me that I have been paid to spy on David, but there were those people who could notice that I was trying to make David life wise especially David together with my father.

 

My father looked for a lawyer who will help David to be freed. The case was hard to solve, but God is always God and what he does no man in this earth can even attempt. One of the witnesses repented and told the court the whole truth. David was freed and Derek was to pay him for spoiling his name

 

Why do we do this to orphans, are they not like us. For the government I want to request you to provide projects for the orphans. Let us respect one another, remember when someone parents dies we are supposed to encourage them.

MONSTER ATTACK

We could not express ourselves. Everything we needed for satisfactory we loosed. This happened at one village in Gatundu division.

 

It was on Monday morning, I woke up as usual preparing my self to go to school. I opened the window to examine the weather and it was so cool what I expected it to be. I maked sure that I have wake up my grandmother the time she ordered me to.

 

On my way to grandmother’s house, I met a bloody coat lying on my grandmother’s gate, without wasting a second; I rushed back to my uncle’s house. I banged it hardly so that they can open it faster as they could.” Follow me”, I requested and my uncle granted my request.

 

When we arrived there, he was shocked while his wife screamed to alert all the villagers. Almost all the villagers heard the screaming and they thought it was robbery so they carried large knives to maintain protection.

 

The village warriors followed the blood drops to the direction of the dead or injured man. On the same time when we arrived there the man died. Down there they left a message “our work will go on”

 

This was not the first time people in our village have been involved in such complains that if you buy a TV in the morning, at night they will come for it, that family would think one of them is a spy. Our division officer promised that they would secure the whole village.

 

That night my heart pounded widely and nausea gripped my stomach. The same hour we heard a distant screaming, I switched of the light and only our eyes could shine on dark like a silver jewelry splashed by the sun. 

 

The following day there was those villages who complained about that previous night, my TV is gone, my cow and many other assaults. The officer who promised to guard people agreed by saying, but in action he didn’t. This made people to take action. We called press to reach the information to the government.   

 

This brought a lot of problems to the poor villagers because we couldn’t afford to pay guards to secure our wealth and for those wealthy people they did.

 

Even today you can’t buy any expensive household, but if there is good security in our area, there could be development.

 

For the D.O acting in our district you are appointed there to serve people. for those people stealing, why do you depend on others.

WAS HE RIGHT?

It was on Sunday afternoon, many people walk long distance to where our M.P was having a word with the people, not only the ones who voted him, but anyone who feels to attend the meeting.

Our MP was called Alex Njenga. Where he goes every one could identify him as the most powerful man in our district known as Thika. His stomach looked like a pressured balloon, that when making a step his waist could bounce like a ball

Alex had made promises to people who did not have jobs, especially the youths. In our division, in that district we have been going through many difficulties defending and working hard for him to win the election in order to fulfill people’s wishes.

This was the second time he promised to pay a visit in our village after the first time was postponed. Alex was been eagerly waited by people to explain about the availability of job water and security in our area.

It was at 3.00-day time and the meeting was to start 3.30. People could ask one another whether the meeting was postponed like the previous one. We couldn’t believe what we heard with our own ears that Alex was not attending the meeting. He had to go to a meeting with his fellow mps on a capital talk, which he was not involved.

People were very ashamed; just imagine canceling a meeting of 3000 people because he wanted to join a talk that he was not involved. We disappeared one by one feeling that he have animated us. I could see no one walking double because of amazement that had happened a few minutes ago.

When I reached home I tuned on the TV. My eye face changed of hate when I saw Alex on the TV mentioning about his problem forgetting about people’s wishes. My family need security for my enemies were hunting for me, that was all what he could say and what about our security, I asked myself.

He concluded by telling people to forgive him because of postponing the meeting people could not tolerate or neither to here his request since he was worrying about himself. We need leaders who will provide development, equal distribution and positive change. I wonder, how can we be electing leaders who don’t care for us.

I will conclude by saying, if you do not manage your work when you have the opportunity, you will never have that opportunity to try again!.

The Final Day

Light began to flow from the morning sun. The high attic house pillars welcomed the sun by turning a silvery shine. The first sunbeam splashed from the window ledge onto the hairy chest of a sleeping man.

The man’s name was Richard. He was a wealthy man, but no one knew where he got his riches from. He lived together with his family in Thika and people in the area respected him because he has never had a quarrel with any one of the villagers.

Rich had a wife and two daughters. His wife was self-employed far away from where they lived. Richard had a big problem in that village because every woman was afraid of him and no one could tell why.

One day, as Rich was in the restroom, he summoned one of his house girls, “hey Debby wait for me in my room, I am coming.” Debby asked herself what could she have done wrong. Sadly, Rich arrived and said, “I want you to do what I will tell you, if you don’t, I am going to kill you because today you are my lover.”

Debby could do nothing to save herself. She was sexually harassed by Rich and was left disappointed. Debby now realized why girls hate him.

That night when Rich’s wife arrived at the house, she found the house so calm that it seemed like no one was around. She went to Debby’s room and found her packing her bags to leave.

“What’s wrong Debby?” she asked. “I can’t work here anymore, your husband is a bastard! Today I realized why girls hate him, it is because he is a rapist!” said Debby. “Shut up!” Rich’s wife interrupted, “are you mad? Get out of my house! Your intention is to cause trouble in my house.”

As they were arguing about Rich, they heard screams. They rushed to where the screams were coming from and what Rich’s wife saw was unbelievable. Rich was having sex with his own daughter. When the daughter saw her mom, she called for help. When Rich turned and saw his wife standing in the door, he ran towards her, but his wife hurried and locked the door. She rushed to the phone and called the police for help.

When the police came they arrested Rich and after two days he was taken to the law courts to face justice. The shocking thing was that what people expected didn’t happen, can you believe that Rich was jailed for just one year?!

After a short time, Rich was freed. Even one year wasn’t over yet. This made people take their own actions against him because they noticed there was corruption going on. People in that village would not sell to or buy anything from him.

Rich couldn’t overcome all that shame, resulting in him killing himself

I would like to request that the ruling leader take these kinds of cases seriously and for corruption to be sacked. In my opinion, if I were the judge I would have jailed Rich for life. Now his ex-wife is suffering because of him and his daughter can’t be married, due to their culture. He has ruined their lives.

The Stolen Life

They hated him all, neither his parents nor villagers, but the thing is, no one could explain why they hated him.

Alex lived in a small village in Thika. He forced himself to live with his parents even if they didn’t feed him. Alex didn’t have a friend, he always remained by himself like a crazy man, but he wasn’t crazy.
He did his best for survival, he begged from those village strangers who didn’t know him. This struggle for survival resulted in underage working.

Those villagers who despised him would give him food if he worked for them. He dida  very risky job,  cleaning sewage with his uncovered hands.

One day as he was walking along the road, he met a stranger who was like a king in the village. When the stranger saw Alex, he said ”stop the car” to his driver.

“Hey, beggar, why don’t you come with me? You can live like I do, I will show you what life is and you will be like me.”

When Alex thought about what he is going through, of course he agreed to work for him. Alex was excited because he was not going to starve any more. They agreed about payment and the following day Alex could start working.

The following day, Alex’s work was transporting cartons that he was commanded not to open. Alex continued working day after day without knowing what kind of things he was transporting.

After he began to earn money, he started abusing drugs like drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes. One day as he was transporting cartons, accidentally one of them fell open. “What the hell is this!” It was cocaine.

Alex rushed back to his boss and said, ”you are only using me for you business but you don’t bother about what will happen to my life.“ His boss explained to him that he would double his payment if he did not to tell or inform the government.

When Alex heard his payment would be doubled, he continued with the illegal work he was doing without knowing what the consequences would be later on.

One Saturday morning at the end of June, the sunlight glittered all over the village to Alex’s bedroom. He woke up as usual to start his work. This was the day Alex felt hopeless, he took his cartons that he was to transport and left the factory, which people thought was a popshop factory.

As he was on his way transporting the cartons, he met the police at a check point and he was arrested. This was his end. His boss could not even bother to look for him. He tried to repent to police but it was too late.

The following day he was taken to court for judgment. The shocking thing is that his boss was one of the false witnesses. He was jailed for 20 years, he is now starving there.

Pride After Suffering

Everybody was laughing at me. The students I was with in primary school are now in secondary school. I couldn’t do anything to solve this, neither could my parents. It was 2004 after I took my final exams in primary school.

I worked hard in school so that one day I could help people, including my family. I was hoping to become a scientist. My father kept on encouraging me that what I set my targets on, I must take seriously.

I was so strong in science that no one else in the class could reach my grade. My science teacher was called Mrs. Jane and she promised me that she would continue helping me in scientific studies until I accomplished what I dreamed of.

On January 2005, I heard my exam results. I was the best in our school! My father told me that if I did well on my exam, I could go to secondary school. Now he could decide whether I was going to continue or not.

After I got the results, my science teacher, who promised to assist me, died. I felt like I had lost something very important but I have no control of it. I couldn’t blame God because God has a plan.

On the positive side, my father agreed to let me continue with school. In February of the same year, I joined Imperial Christian Secondary School where I found another teacher who taught me as well as late Mrs. Jane. But I did not go far because my father was unable to continue paying school fees, which made me dropout from school, for that I blamed no one. There were people who enjoyed the fact that I had to dropout.

This forced me to move from home to Nairobi because I couldn’t tolerate my old friends laughing at me. As I was walking along Juja Road in Nairobi, I heard people talking about the Undugu Society of Kenya. I felt very much attracted to the school USK runs. The following day I visited it for more details. A week later, I enrolled.

The principal of that school also encouraged me and said that I must struggle for what I want to be. USK sponsored me in mechanics training, but I was not very much satisfied with it because it is not what I want to be. Even today I still have the hope of becoming a scientist people who are going through difficult times, you better cha.

I still have a vision that someone will come from nowhere and help me, who knows. If you are somewhere suffering like me, never lose hope. And to those who laugh at those nge or your time will come.

VILLAGE ON FIRE

It was so surprising and enjoyable especially to youth around 20 to 27 years, but they didn’t know what would happen. Almost all the youth in the village were infected by terrible diseases like HIV/AIDS, syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases.

This happened just outside Nairobi, where a girl who seemed to be so innocent was transmitting these diseases. She was saying that she got these diseases without knowing, which made her jealous of healthy people. She decided that she was going to transmit them to any guy who seemed to be falling in love with her.

This caused many people to kill themselves after knowing that they were positive. In that village peer educators, including me, came out who taught them how to live while suffering from this terrible disease, how it can prevented and how it can be managed.

Even if we educated them, there were those people who couldn’t live with this shameless disease. Also they could not follow a doctor’s prescription. The great transmitter, Grace, couldn’t live for long because this disease has rules, the more you are exposed, the faster the rate of killing cells in the body. When she became worse, she listed all the names of those people she transferred it to.

Many people were very worried to find their names on the list. Please let us respect our bodies and for those who are married let your partner trust you.