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Memories of mum: Gone but never forgotten

Khalai Jimase, who lives in Saudi Arabia, lost her mother Mrs Edah Khavokha Manyonyi (pictured), earlier this week

I still remember it like it was yesterday.

One of the neighbourhood boys, Eric Mwangi, ringing the doorbell of another jirani’s house at about 8.30pm, back in the days when children (and even teenagers like myself, then) would eat lunch/supper or even breakfast at whichever home your adventures found you in; back in the early 1990s.

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