A Reflection on My Childhood in Sergoit, Kenya
Growing up in Sergoit, a region that lie close to the expansive agricultural heartland of Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, was a unique and deeply formative experience. Sergoit was not just a place; it was an ecosystem of memories, lessons, and transformations that shaped the person I am today. It was home, a sanctuary surrounded by sprawling wheat farms, rolling hills, and the iconic Sergoit Hill that silently stood as a sentinel over our lives. My family lived on the vast Sergoit Farm, owned by an Afrikaner named Jan Ernst Kruger and later by his son Fanie Kruger (after the former died in 1983), who embodied the complexities of colonial legacies. For many families, including ours, Sergoit Farm symbolized both opportunity and limitation. It was an expanse of fertile land, yet much of it felt inaccessible, reserved for the wheat fields that fed the nation but rarely the squatters living on the fringes. My father worked on the farm until his untimely passing in 1980, after which my mother s...