Community stories
Our people. Our stories.
Residents of this county, in their own words, on what they have carried and what they hope for. Shared with permission.
Kitise/Kithuki · 19 August 2026
Mwikali Musyoka
“We are not asking for miracles. We are asking that when we send someone, they come back.”
Makindu · 12 August 2026
Joseph Kimeu
“I have the certificate. What I do not have is the first client.”
Kathonzweni · 5 August 2026
Ruth Ndinda
“The group can lend me forty thousand. The business needs three hundred.”
Kalawa · 29 July 2026
Mueni Kioko
“Three of my pupils have never seen the inside of a laboratory.”
Mtito Andei · 15 July 2026
Mutuku Mwendwa
“When the rain fails, everything else fails with it.”
Kilungu · 1 July 2026
Grace Mutindi
“My daughter is bright. I am trying to keep her in school on a market stall.”
Nguu/Masumba · 17 June 2026
Peter Muthama
“The lorry decides the price. We just load.”
Wote/Nziu · 3 June 2026
Esther Nzisa
“A wheelchair is not the difficulty. The steps are.”