A YOUNG KENYAN'S DIARY

 I've lived in the same town for most of my adult life; I moved to the current town I live in back in 2013, thirteen years ago. I was only 12. I've lived here for more years than I've lived anywhere before. Kitengela will forever be my anchoring. I have too many memories attached to this dusty hot little pocket of civilization. There's something humanizing about spending an extended amount of time with anything. My mom has had the same car for about the same amount of time I've lived here. I remember how nervous and nauseous I used to feel whenever we'd be heading to school on Mondays in it, mostly because I used to shirk my weekend homework to play games and football. I can drive now and sometimes I look at the passenger seat and realize I'm no longer that little boy but I'm still in the same places he was. Now I'm seated in the drivers seat feeling nauseous and nervous about making a life for myself. Kitengela has definitely been a character in my ...