I met Raila Odinga in 2012 when I was a student in Russia. At the time, he was Kenya’s Prime Minister, and he had traveled to Russia to attend the St. Petersburg Economic Forum at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. For us Kenyan students studying abroad, the opportunity to meet Raila was thrilling.
A dinner had been organized for Kenyan students, business leaders, and friends of Kenya in Russia. When Raila finally walked into the hall, it was with the full trappings of power: aides, ministers, security, media, and an impressive delegation. As he entered, we students stood in two rows along the entrance to welcome him.
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Babushka in the spirit
Is the future written? Is our life’s path decided or do we have a say in it? For most of us, being at the right place matters, we are always at odds of whether we are where we should be.
But there are times in life when you know that you know that you are at the right place. One of those times for me happened in the summer of 2010, when a trip to a small town in the middle of European Russia changed my life. It is definitely one of the ‘wow’ moments of my life and that is why it’s fresh in my memory as I write it seven years later.
First of all babushka is grandma in Russian. Russian grandmas have to be some of sweetest people you can ever meet. They somehow have food to Continue reading Babushka in the spirit