Kennedy Odede’s love story that made life better in Kibera

Kennedy Odede’s life prospects were bleak. He was homeless and hungry. At the age of 10, he survived a near-death beating for stealing a mango. He had gone for three days without food - something the mob at Toi Market in Kibera did not understand, his age notwithstanding.

Kennedy Odede and his wife Jessica Posner outside the girl’s school they set up in Kibera. (PHOTOS: COURTESY)

The now 29-year-old, who once lived on the streets for three years, recounts how unbearable life was in the slum, more so for women.