For the past six years, I have lived looking over my shoulder. I hear a loud bang, I jump. I hear a helicopter, my heart beats match its rotations. I hate going into malls. I look at everyone suspiciously. I cannot be in a closed off area for too long. I fear every single day for my children. I hear of skirmishes and I get … Continue reading Six years ago
With rubbery legs, heart still beating an erratic rhythm, I got on to the escalator and made my way up. I looked around as I was going up, hand clutching at the rail tightly… Read more Continue reading I went back
The National Disaster Management Unit (NDMU) released ten safety and security tips. Now Iโm not sure if this is something they did a long time ago and it was being publicized on social media or it was hastily written by a very uninformed person in the wake of the Garissa tragedy that we are still trying to come to terms with. The two tips that … Continue reading Is this how you manage disaster?
I had a chat with Jasvir Kambo and Iโm going to let you get goosebumps the way I did too. Keep your tissues ready. My tears spilled over. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Give a brief introduction of yourself. My parents moved back to Kenya from the UK in the 70โs. I am the second eldest out of four sisters. I was raised and educated in Nairobi. I … Continue reading A different kind of Masala…
Five weeks ago life changed, circumstances changed, perceptions shifted and I became a person who started thinking of โwhat ifsโ, something I donโt usually indulge in. I know Iโm not the only one who has been affected after the incidence at Westgate but I also know each one of us has a unique journey that we embarked from that day onwards. It wasnโt just about … Continue reading Why should I apologise for being alive?
Hello. Iโm Kamal Kaur and Iโm a Westgate Survivor and for now that is all Iโm going to talk about that incidence. What I do want to talk about is the insecurity in our country, especially in my city because thatโs where I am affected directly. From every other day, the frequency of hearing of incidences, which almost always involve guns, seems to be … Continue reading Our secure insecurity
Eventually I started following him on Twitter and very shyly I’d say hello AND HE WOULD REPLY! One thing I must say is that Aly-Khan has got a lot of ‘Netiquette’. He has thousands of followers… Read more Continue reading Aly-Khan Satchu: Not sure about Lock and Barrel but he knows Stocks…
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