Inside the squeezed compound, hemmed in by concrete walls, a group of boys play football barefoot, their feet kicking up as if the narrow space were a stadium. For a moment, it was easy to forget where we were. The street children were conspicuously jovial and in high spirits, unperturbed by the heating afternoon sun. Our arrival at Made in the Streets Rescue Centre in Nairobi’s Mlango Kubwa seemed not to have caught their attention. Some of the children were busy playing as others cleaned utensils. Moments later, the ball was abandoned. The boys lined up quietly and walked into…
Author: Okumu Modachi
Employee pension plan. (Courtesy) For over two decades, Moses Amoko has not only endured the pain of losing his wife, but also the relentless struggle to secure her pension benefits, a battle that continues to overshadow his efforts to support the children she left behind. With each passing day, his frustration grows as he navigates the bureaucratic maze within the pension department at Bima House in Nairobi. According to Amoko, what began as a genuine attempt to claim benefits rightfully due to his late wife, Joan Achieng, who passed away in 2005, has turned into an agonising ordeal marked by…