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Turning Point

I was deported from Dubai because of alcoholism

I drank to a point I started vomiting greenish stuff. It never occurred to me that my health was becoming affected. One time, I lost consciousness when I was coming from the airport.

By Jael Musumba 12 hours ago

I was deported from Dubai because of alcoholism

Peer pressure pushed me into depression, mental chaos

Peer pressure pushed me into depression, mental chaos

By Silas Nyamweya 7 days ago

My son's death made me denounce God, but I repented

My son's death made me denounce God, but I repented

By Jael Musumba 14 days ago

Man saves for 23 years to raise university fees

Man saves for 23 years to raise university fees

By Mumo Munuve 17 days ago

At 16, I was pregnant and a murder suspect

After an argument and physical harm, she grabbed a knife and stabbed her attacker, who died in hospital two days later.

By Jael Musumba 18 days ago

At 16, I was pregnant and a murder suspect

Growing up in poverty, disease made me a champion for the needy

My experience of girls who suffer humiliation because of their monthly period drove me to start an initiative to buy sanitary pads from my own savings.

By Silas Nyamweya 21 days ago

Growing up in poverty, disease made me a champion for the needy

My parents cursed my degree, now I'm suffering jobless

His father, whom he thought would be a pillar, was the first person to come out and disown him before he banned him from ever stepping in the village.

By Jael Musumba 28 days ago

My parents cursed my degree, now I'm suffering jobless

Pastor made a sermon out of my suffering in the Gulf

I think it’s near impossible for thousands of Kenyans to have the same character. That’s a very ignorant statement. Arabs are racist and that’s one thing that should be told.

By Jael Musumba 1 month ago

Pastor made a sermon out of my suffering in the Gulf

I'm living in abject poverty after my relatives disinherited me

As the only boy in that family, my relatives knew that I was the heir to my father so they used to do everything to frustrate us.

By Silas Nyamweya 1 month ago

I'm living in abject poverty after my relatives disinherited me

Musician: I became a house girl at seven years old

After their father walked out on their family, she had to fend for her five siblings and mother.

By James Mwangi 1 month ago

Musician: I became a house girl at seven years old

Call of nature saved me from mob justice

My experience taught me that crime doesn’t pay. From the time I started engaging in it, I never made any savings or have anything to show for it.

By Silas Nyamweya 1 month ago

Call of nature saved me from mob justice

My husband hit me with a padlock, cut me with scissors

I had seen the signs; there was a time he beat me up even before we started dating, but I assumed that was an isolated incident.

By Silas Nyamweya 2 months ago

My husband hit me with a padlock, cut me with scissors

My hubby married another woman after I built him

The moment money checked in, he drastically changed. The man who used to come home early would come back past midnight and drunk.

By Jael Musumba 2 months ago

My hubby married another woman after I built him

Kenyans are not ready to talk about mental illness

Irungu: I long for the time Kenyans will take mental health seriously and stop the stigma surrounding it.

By Silas Nyamweya 2 months ago

Kenyans are not ready to talk about mental illness

Witchdoctor's son fights witchcraft

One day, he took me up with him to a small forest within our locality. He spoke to a tree and it dried up. I saw this with my own eyes. He was a true mganga.

By Silas Nyamweya 3 months ago

Witchdoctor's son fights witchcraft

Witchdoctor's son defies odds to become a pastor, politician

My father took me to live with his first wife. Initially, things seemed okay, but it didn’t take long before we were both poisoned. Dad succumbed but thank God I’m alive today.

By Silas Nyamweya 3 months ago

Witchdoctor's son defies odds to become a pastor, politician

Gunshot survivor appeals for Sh4,000 medical fee

Kennedy Otieno narrates to Jael Musumba his ordeal in the hands of rogue cops.

By Jael Musumba 3 months ago

Gunshot survivor appeals for Sh4,000 medical fee

From the streets to the bar: How activist became human rights lawyer

I realised many of our street demonstrations ended without justice being served, because victims of the injustices do not get a chance to have their dignity restored

By The Nairobian Reporter 3 months ago

From the streets to the bar: How activist became human rights lawyer

I went from working as a houseboy to graduating as an engineer

I remember coming back minus my shoes and other items I was carrying because I was clutching the certificate so strongly so that I don’t lose it.

By Standard Digital 3 months ago

I went from working as a houseboy to graduating as an engineer

My family forced me to get treatment for bipolar disorder

My condition had reached a serious level and my family could not cope with my violent reactions. Personally, I did not feel like I was sick.

By Associated Press 3 months ago

My family forced me to get treatment for bipolar disorder

I was married to a wife batterer who broke my ribs

It started with verbal threats like: “I will cut you, put you in a sack and throw you far away and no one will ever know,” after a small disagreement or sometimes nothing.

By Diana Makokha 3 months ago

I was married to a wife batterer who broke my ribs

I became an activist to fight crime, but greed made me the crime

Stephen Odhiambo: We robbed and hid in the good name we made for ourselves, sometimes we travelled out of town to rob people.

By Dominic Omondi 4 months ago

I became an activist to fight crime, but greed made me the crime

When my dad died, mum was asked to sleep with his body to prove her innocence

My paternal family accused my mother of being behind my dad’s death and to prove her innocence she was to perform some rituals, including sleeping with the dead (my dad)

By Associated Press 4 months ago

When my dad died, mum was asked to sleep with his body to prove her innocence

I was blocked from attending my husband's funeral

Kabue had sired two boys with Wanjiru aged 12 and 9 years and they too did not bury their father. In fact, the boys are yet to believe that their father died.

By Ndungu Gachane 4 months ago

I was blocked from attending my husband's funeral

High school bullies almost ruined my life

In Form Two, my self-esteem took a nose dive after I was branded the most ‘mshamba’ girl in school.

By Silas Nyamweya 4 months ago

High school bullies almost ruined my life

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