My family rejected me because I was ugly

She didn’t even know where I went to after I left Isiolo, so I came back to look for her and thank her for treating me and saving my life.

I started noticing something was amiss when I would call them or play music for them and they did not respond.

She didn’t even know where I went to after I left Isiolo, so I came back to look for her and thank her for treating me and saving my life.

My father’s sister who lives in the US, and who I met on Facebook revealed the family secret.

We need support in educating the girls and ensuring they get access to health services.

I maintained that I wasn’t ready to break anyone’s marriage

I couldn't board a bus like other passengers because I was a street kid. So I hid under the bus as it took off and stayed under there the entire trip.

One morning, I woke up feeling like my life had reached the end. So I went to Nyali Bridge and stood on the edge of the bridge ready to end my life.

Founder of Transpire Youth Organization cautions parents not to trust relatives or friends with their children because many of them are sex predators.

Everything went fine until the seventh month of pregnancy when I started feeling unwell. I couldn’t tell exactly what was happening to me.

I lost him in July 2011 when he was a candidate. I spotted his handwriting on the wall saying, “mum usijam nitacome”

I heard the children scream, “Uuwi, daddy usituue!” (father please don’t kill us!). This was too much for me and I gathered my energy to save them.

In my prayer, I asked God to bless and protect the soldiers as they went on looking for the rebels. When they heard my prayer, they spared my life.

My friends started introducing me to different types of drugs including alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine among others and eventually, I got addicted.

He told me that his friends were laughing at him and wondering how he managed to live with a cripple. This broke my heart and I could not take it.

I loved studying, and one priest at the parish selected and sponsored me to a boarding school out of town so that I could concentrate on my studies.

I lost a lot of money, running into millions, when this happened. I had to sell most of my aircraft and disband my ground operations.

When my friends were shot dead, reality dawned on me. Some went to prison and others to mental hospitals. Others died due to excessive drug use.

It was extremely tough. I was in my final year of primary education and the disease disrupted my studies.

BRAMUEL WANAMI had a passion for higher education, but growing up with 10 siblings, a hostile step-mom and an indifferent father threatened his dream

Once on the verge of death due to alcohol and drug abuse, Gregory Muchiri narrates how he broke out of the cycle of drug addiction

Benazir Mohammed was raised in a community where FGM has bee normalised. She tells us about her experience under the knife, and her resolve to end it