Western Kenya
I am from Western Kenya,
where my childhood first taught
the meaning of community.
Then the violence of 2007
turned certainty into memory
and home into something
we had to carry within us.
I learned that home
is more than the place where you are born.
Kirinyaga
I am from the slopes of Kirinyaga,
The descendant of Gĩkũyũ na Mũmbi,
whose stories were told beneath the mũgumo tree,
where wisdom was gathered
before it was spoken.
Inheritance
From my ancestors, my DNA carried
Enterprise, resilience, and stubborn hope,
It is ingrained in me that,
I am a creator, a nurturer, and a legacy builder
Perhaps that is why
I am drawn to building products, partnerships, communities,
And opportunities,
where none existed before.
Reinvention
I am from reinvention, fueled by curiosity
From classrooms to boardrooms,
from lesson plans to product roadmaps,
from asking students questions
to asking markets better ones.
Freedom
I am from blockchain and Bitcoin, from believing that financial freedom
should not depend on where you were born.
Kericho
Between product launches
research interviews, strategy meetings
and flights across the continent,
I wandered into the land of Champions, Warriors, Grit, and the best Tea in the World, Kericho
And found warmth, love and a home.
Two Cultures
I am where Kikuyu enterprise
meets Kalenjin grit.
Where two cultures sit around one table,
not competing, but teaching that identity is not divided by tribal difference,
but enriched by it.
Motherhood
I am from carrying dreams in one hand
and a child in the other,
learning that neither asks me to become less.
Children
I am raising children, whose roots run in more than one direction,
Who will inherit mountains and ridges,
Courage and industry,
And know that identity grows richer every time love widens its borders
They will know that belonging is not a single place, but every place love calls home
Becoming
I am always evolving, in Faith,
not because it was easy, nor because I have everything figured
but because life keeps asking us to.
I am still becoming, and a Child of The Most High