By Sharon Wanga
Oct. 2, 2023
Susan Wairimu can’t hide the joy of having her 3-year-old daughter playing her around despite her past mistakes in life. The 23-year-old mother recounts how different her childhood life was when she lived with her father and siblings in Mathare slums.
“Being raised by a single parent, my father always locked us up in the house and isolated us from neighbours. He used to warn me that he never wanted to see me playing with boys. I was too young to understand the reasons,” Wairimu says.