Thursday evening. Everything is normal. We are just enjoying our evening in the house and then I hear party chants from the compound next to ours. Well, there was banter that was clearly from what seemed like a low-key evening party. This was normal and we didn’t think anything beyond “today we won’t sleep well”. […]
Friendship, Trust, & Freedom
Previously. Raising money was a challenge. The main reason being; it was after business hours and people were settling in to sleep already. The second reason was the reason for the money. The third reason was, I did not have security. My immediate […]
A Hint of Freedom.
Previously I woke up with a start, due to the disturbance at the door. It took time to register. The warmth from the ‘lump’, I had for dinner, had worked its magic and I got warmer and registered some sleep. Someone was at the door, or two maybe. […]
Breakfast in Jail.
Previously Most of my cell mates were up already and talking in hoarse voices. This was probably because of the cold cell. I was in a worse situation and I was scared I would get some bad respiratory infection courtesy of this cold. For hours with a shirt only, I was on that cold and […]
Ten Men & a Cold Police Cell.
Previously Onkwani could not just stop. “Ebu toa hizo documents uwaonyeshe!” You would think the buffoon was the OCS! “By the way, Kijana ebu toa kila kitu, wewe ata tunafaa kuwa tukiongea ukiwa pande ile ingine.” (Referring to the side where suspects were locked up) “Mnajiona wajaja sana siku hizi.” Said one of the […]