mum...

I don’t have much to say today. I am glad on one hand that my research work for a travel grant application is bearing fruit. I didn’t realize how steady our current birth rate is in this country. Studies are stating that the current rate of birth will yield 1,000,000 new citizens a year in this country. That is a disaster waiting to happen.

Think about it, we have refugees flooding in their droves. Forget Kakuma and Dadaab, the ones who bribe their way into the country or are trafficked and live here illegally.

It is time that I left the city and went into other parts of this country to explore. It is amazing how different other areas of this country are. Nairobi is a bubble, a dream. The lives we lead are so foreign compared to our countrymen in rural and peri-urban areas!

But honestly, lately I have been thinking a lot about traveling to Dadaab, Somaliland, DRC, Europe. Just jump on a plane and explore. I feel captive in Nairobi, I want to fly and just Go! Go to where the story leads me.

And that is why I really want this travel grant! Like I said, today is a dry day to log about anything.