Short Stories

Here are a few short stories for your brain.

- Recently there has been a crack down on the abductions of Albino African children. The albinos are taken and sold to witch doctors in rural areas where their genitals are then cut off and used in rituals.

- A man has been stoned to death by the community for stealing a mobile phone. This is very common. There is very little faith the police and justice system, so the community takes matters into their own hands. Every day in the paper there is at least 3 cases where the community has killed a suspected criminal.

- A hippo was killed for being disruptive to the community. Around 3000 people showed up when the word got around for free meat. Nothing was left.  

- There were 2 lion attacks. One involved 2 females being attacked by two lionesses. Another was 5 lions attacking cattle of the Masai tribe. They hunted the lions down and killed all five with spears.

- There was a shooting in Yala some time ago. A group was suspected of robbing a shop. Police shot dead the suspects, one believed to also be a police officer.

- Every time we go past a police check in the matatu’s we bribe our way through with 100 shillings.  

- It is not common, but some Kenyan’s bleach their skin to make them look lighter.

- For a Masai warrior to marry, they must go off into the savannah and bring back a lion’s head. They are only allowed their club and spear. If they do not return with a lion’s head, or refuse to go, they are seen as not courageous and turned into a slave for the community.

- Circumcision of boys still occurs in some areas. In the Kakamega forest, a tribe takes the boys into the forest where they live for a month. An elder goes with them to teach them the way of the forest and circumcise them, often using a knife up to 50 years old.

- Unplanned pregnancies, often due to rape are a major issue amongst the female youth's. 

I'll update you with a few more in time