Remembering Sergoit
I was born in Sergoit, in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. Memories of this place hold considerable importance to me, not only because they form part of my identity but also because they help me focus my attention on the systemic injustices that my family experienced when we lived here as poor squatters. At the farm of Jan Ernst Kruger's farm where my family lived, in one of the poorest squatter environments, life was difficult and cruel. We lacked basic essentials, including clean running water, housing, and good toilet facilities. I never realized the injustice that existed at the time until I grew up and I began to understand what that really meant—the rich lording over the poor, and perpetuating the cycle of poverty. To put this into perspective, I would like to reflect on my experience, growing up here, and how this could represent a mega injustice in our world today. This piece is my way to remember. In the beginning My parents migrated fro...