20 years ago, Susan Waweru wanted for nothing. Not that she lived a life of opulence, but as the youngest child in a family of four, her parents provided for all that she could need. In 1996, her family moved from Nairobi to their 15-acre farm in Kiambu. Susan's mother had retired from her nursing career at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and wanted to live out her sunset years away from the city. Their father obliged because he too wanted to be close to the farm where he was rearing dairy cattle.
"That was when our woes started. Thieves started attacking our home regularly," says Susan.