A LOVE AFFAIR WITH MY HOMELAND - KENYA

photo: ALK Africa, Africa Oh Africa My beloved homeland Will I survive? What have I done wrong - Oh Africa I cry for you - Oh Africa The more I think about it; the more melancholic I become.  We have seen it happen in our lifetime.  Beautiful African countries falling apart from their once glorious past.  Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia and many more - crumbling away ...the list is long and hurtful. We Africans are fun loving, God fearing and hard-working peoples.  I am not just saying it because I am one .... and I am certainly not ashamed of being one.... But it just is a fact.  We are a special breed of humans who have been trampled upon for generations and continue to be subjugated, repressed and oppressed by the colonialists & neocolonialists.  And yet when they interact with us we are not just welcoming but even kowtowing them as though we owe them our lives! It is only in Africa that one will find malnourished children playing away happily in th...

Sunset over the Uasin Gishu plateau (photo by ALK)  Jobs fill your pockets, adventures fill your soul - Jaime Lyn Beatty 3April2022 It isn't often one gets the chance to travel to far apart destinations in such a short span of time .... as I have had the pleasure and blessings bestowed upon me in my career. The years of the last decade have been just that ..... a result of my constant prayers to God to bless me in my work! Prayers answered! Today is no different .... Its rained the whole night. It was heavier around 3am   I lost my sleep then. The raindrops pattering onto my bedroom window were incessant but certainly a welcome musical sound full of blessings from above. Alhamdulillah. Ideally I should have by now changed my sleeping gears and slept on to the seventh heaven....but this was not to be. I have to go to Suam today for an inspection and meetings. So I stayed awake .... tossing in bed whiling away time. I prayed silently. At the airport the drizzle is still pe...