14 years away, finally back home

Meshack Shikuku (right), a former TSC employee at their Chepkube home in Mt. Elgon on Oct 6th, 2016. He is welcomed back home with relatives. (PHOTO: CHRISPEN SECHERE/ STANDARD)

The last time Meshack Shikuku was home was in 2002 when he was still a teacher at Serem High School in Nandi.

Back then, the man from Chepkube, in Mt Elgon, was on the Teachers Service Commission payroll working as a geography and history teacher. But, 14 years later, Meshack returned home empty handed - a pale shadow of his former self.