I pray for rain in Kenya

For many months now, since the last rains that did not rain much for a good harvest to be achieved, like it was the case years back. It has been dry, dusty and hot, causing many Kenyans and animals to suffer from thirst and hunger, some have even died. The other day a friend told me Metrological Department of Kenya said it would rain today, in most cases their predictions are wrong, but I understand they are just human and only God knows exactly what will happen tomorrow. However this time I hope their prediction is correct and it will rain hopefully in the evening or at night.

I have watched the sky since morning because am sick of the heat like many are, in the morning it was hot as usual, the sky was clear but now I notice some clouds have started forming so I pray it rains and the long rains that usually come at around this time starts so that Kenyans can start planting. I also pray that the rains would be sufficient for crops to grow well so that we get enough food during harvest.

God help us.

What do you do when your husband marries another wife?

A relative of mine living in the rural area wants to walk out of her marriage because her husband has married another wife. When she called to ask for advice, she did not say whether the man is chasing her away.She only says the man is stressing her after marrying the other woman.

It is so easy for me to tell her to stay on because it is common for African men to marry more than one wife. So she is not the first one to be in that position. Furthermore she has four children and it would not be easy for her to go back to her parent’s home with them being jobless. On the other hand the man may decide his kids are not going anywhere, so she will always be worried about them and go back.

However when I put myself in her position, I may also opt out of such a relationship because I cannot imagine sharing my husband with another woman knowingly. Many women put up with such relationships because they find out too late, when the man kept the other wife in a different home or town, but in her case being in the rural area, they stay in the same home and it is humiliating. The man must be getting special treatment from this other woman because she is said a Ugandan while the man and the first wife are both Kenyans.For that reason he ignores the first one. In one of my posts I wrote about Ugandan women read here


I don’t know how to help her; I only tell her to follow her heart’s feelings.

The Kenyan and african woman is surely disadvantaged and in most cases confronted with tough decisions to make.

THOU SHALL NOT LIVE ON SALARY ALONE ?

“I live on my salary and they should also live on theirs”. Good words in deed from Nairobi town clerk John Gakuo as he responds to the allegation that had been leveled against him by his colleagues in the city hall.
As I read this, my question is whether this man is sincere in his statement and how many of our Kenya alludes to this principle. Many of the Kenyans have adopted a corrupt way of living that honesty and straight forward way of life has been shelved. Riches are now known to come from a bit of corruption. Did you know that nearly all corrupt ways are unfaithful, dishonest harmful to other and evil.
I am not jealous of the very rich people. Some have got their wealth the clean way but a good percentage is corrupt. As one succeeds in one case of corruption, he/she is tempted to engage in another.
If only our leaders and Kenyans as a whole would live on their salary and genuinely earned income, we would have been very far. But the truth of the matter is that we have gone the corruption way as the only way to enjoy life. That is not right and let us stop it.

In the name of love

The story appearing on page three of today`s 16th March 2009 Nation newspapers in Kenya is disturbing. A mother killing a seven years daughter to get loved and married. Just how far are we willing to go to sustain/keep being loved. Are we willing to wipe all out our way for this.

Without being bias, I think the ladies have taken it too far just to be in love. We have read such stories before and we are likely to read more in future but I strongly believe that this is not true love.If a man loves the mother but not the daughter of that mother, then something is very wrong.It is like willing to take alcohol and dislike being drunk. To all men if you are in love with a lady and that lady happens to be a mother, my advice is that you love that child too.Love the lady will all that she may be having (good or bad ).Love is just a big sacrifice to share with someone. You have to sacrifice in order to truely love.

Ladies please be sober about the whole issue of love. You cannot force it and you cannot get rid of others to maintain it.Those we try to wrongfully please will definately disappoint us and if they don`t we will lose all that good time that we may have otherwise enjoyed with them as we rot in jail.

This story has brought alot of pain in my heart today.