More than 8,000 Kr Raised at Petty Harambee
Mrs Petty Osewe Okulo, a Kenyan Stockholmer, has thanked all Kenyansm friends and well wishers who helped in cash or kind following the passing of her in Law in Kenya. At a funds drive that she called last Saturday, 8,300 Kr was raised.
Speaking to KSB, Petty said that she was overwhelmed by the attendance and happy with the amount which was contributed. She said that she was faced with a difficult problem because her In Law had left behind a huge hospital bill which needed to be sorted out and that the body had been detained by authorities in Kenya until the bill could be sorted, prompting her to call the funds drive.
“I am glad to report that the bill was paid, the body of my In Law was released and now burial plans are underway”, she said. She thanked all contributors for their solidarity and hoped that Kenyans here will continue to show the same sense of unity whenever a Kenyan is in serious need of help.
Okoth Osewe
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Shiku Steve: A bit of life in Kenya
KSB has reached an agreement to the effect that Shuku Steve, a former Kenya-Stockholmer, will be making regular contributions to KSB from next week. The subject will be diverse but, as a Kenyan who once lived here and left for Kenya a few years ago, there is no doubt that Shiku will have lots of stories to tell and probably enable Kenyans to learn from some of her experiences.
The Shiku contributions are also expected to stimulate debate. At a personal level, Shiku was “paperless” when she used to live in Sweden and therefore, it is safe to posit that she has once been a victim of “paperlessness”. Currently, this subject is very hot at KSB.
In one of her contributions related to “peperlessness” here at KSB, Shiku narrated her personal story of how she was used by a Kenyan in Stockholm then dumped. It is possible that what she wrote was just “the tip of an iceberg” and it is in this light that KSB readers will be watching her contributions very keenly.
Obviously, writing from Kenya will add a lot of value to her contributions and probably throw light on what could await Kenya Diaspora returnees. We will not speculate any further but look forward to Shiku’s first contribution next week. The series will be known as “Letters from Shiku”.
Okoth Osewe
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