I smuggled guns to feed my little sisters

As a schoolboy, WALLACE WAWERU moved guns in the sprawling slums of Kawangware. He shares with KELVIN KAMAU how pain, merciless relatives and his mother’s death pushed him to the brink 

Tell us a bit about your background.

I was born in Kangemi, the firstborn in a family of four. Our relatives often mistreated and called us children of a prostitute.