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NAIROBI: Every once in a while we are reminded that outside the din and the pounding cymbals of Kenya’s high octave politics, the tribulations of life continue unabated, continually imposing themselves on us with quiet but determined abandon. Allow me to share how I was reminded of this reality with sobering shock when a close friend lost his wife this week.

The shock of the loss was heightened by the fact that her illness was diagnosed only a month ago, that she had undergone successful surgery in India. Two hours after landing in Kenya, just as the celebrations of her recovery were commencing, she was gone. Speaking with many friends on the issue, they all struggled with initial shock coupled with intense anguish, then anger, then deep questions and finally a quiet and forlorn acceptance when reminded that life and death have no human answers that truly satisfy.