Facing Our Giants
What are you afraid of? What scares you to death? I never knew how challenging transition could be until my sister, with whom I had lived for many years, permanently moved out of Nairobi in November 2015. To better understand this, let me summarize my life journey. I was born in the 80s on the outskirts of the breathtakingly beautiful Mount Kenya in Nanyuki Military Barracks, where my father, Mr. Simon Masana, served as a serviceman in 1 Kenya Rifles, better known as 1KR. My infancy was marked by challenges, as recounted by my mother, Magdilta Khasiala. I fell ill, and she rushed me to M.R.S. Medical Reception Station, where the medics diagnosed me with Anemia and recommended an emergency blood transfusion. Since M.R.S. lacked the facilities for the procedure, I had to be immediately transferred to the Armed Forces Memorial Hospital in Nairobi, now known as Defence Forces Memorial Hospital (DFMH), which was 200 km away. The journey to Nairobi was arduous, especially with an aili...