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Saidia Jamii errr.. kufanya nini?

{ Posted on Nov 08 2009 by dorcas }
The Saidia Jamii program in Kenya is like an incomplete thought. It represents a vague policy to be enacted through a problematic process towards an even more ambiguous end.  To top it off, we end up some sh. 600 big ones in ...Read More »

Welcome to the world, tomato baby

{ Posted on Oct 25 2009 by dorcas }
Nephew # 3, Exactly one week ago today you made a grand entrance. I could accuse you of twiddling your thumbs on the way over but I'm not even sure you know what thumbs are, much less how to twiddle the dang ...Read More »

Call it Rape

{ Posted on Oct 13 2009 by dorcas }
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An acquaintance once asked the one word Kenyan journalists are extremely fond of throwing around. The almost unanimous answer was 'defiled' closely followed by 'had carnal knowledge' of someone or an animal. I'm still trying to understand the words 'forcefully raped' ...Read More »

A Celebration of Sisterhood

{ Posted on Oct 06 2009 by dorcas }
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I have four older sisters and that is more sorority than I can shake a stick at. Gorgeous is on the road to glitterdom via Gold Dust Boulevard and you dare not wake up Grumpy before the crack of dusk. Ms. Right is always right even ...Read More »

See How They Grow

{ Posted on Sep 26 2009 by dorcas }
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This morning I went to drop off nephew #2’s forgotten clarinet at school. When I turned to hug him good bye his face clouded with worry. “Not at school,” he whispered. He shot a furtive look to his buddies telling  synthetic ...Read More »