01/01/2026
This morning (31st December 2025) exactly 7:38 am. Some few meters from our homestead. The nature was calm, no wind, no movement from any plant. Just for some sweet melodies from birds. Just as I was gazing at marvelous God’s creation, I remembered how my mother Mûkami narrated to me what transpired in the morning of 18th Feb 1957 at Kamiti Maximum Prison When our freedom hero Dedan Kimathi was brought from Industrial Area Remand Prison to Kamiti (where she was also jailed) for hanging, there was instant silence from the universe to the entire prison. The inmates were locked inside. No movement, No birds were singing, no wind blowing such that you could hear the slightest sound of a needle falling… and I quote… “Wanjũjũ gũtirĩ ona nyoni kana rũhuho rwaigwĩkanire Jera. Thĩ yothe yakirĩre ki tondû thoguo aarî mûtûmwo wa Ngai"😭😭 (meaning Kimathi was a true God's messager. To be continued....
