To many of us, this is not a familiar topic to talk about as we have come across it either practically or through reading it on journals.
For those who have been victims of domestic violence, it is not easy to not only bear the pain, not even live a day without one questioning him/herself if things would ever get back to normal.
Since childhood up to date, I have never uttered the word daddy, not that I cannot speak, but because I have no one to refer to as daddy. I have never imagined how it feels for one to be held in daddy’s arms.
My parents parted ways when I was a few weeks old. I was taken in by my grandparents who have always taken care of me up to now. The only day I got a chance to look at my father, is when he was in a coffin awaiting burial, it was a pity, for he could not see me, not even talk to me.
By then, I was 13 years old, almost to sit for my Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations. Since that time, I have always been having memories imagining, if it was not for my parents divorce, I would have been lucky enough to meet my educational dreams and pursue my childhood dream of attaining a degree in law in one of the university’s.
I just don’t know what to say about the situation, when I turn around and see street urchins all along, sleeping out in the cold, have no one to turn to for their needs and most probably the basic needs and parental care which is vital as without the parents no one to tell them what is right from what is wrong.
Here in the streets, there is nothing to smile about, just begging , with crime and drug monsters waiting for people to buy. It is hard to have nowhere to lay your head while even the birds of the sky have a nest to rest on when darkness comes, nothing to eat, no money to spend, living on empty promises by strangers which never come true.
A big percentage of street urchins are affected by the same situation where you find one comes from a single parent family. Due to hardships in life one has to go an extra mile and go on hustling to fulfill personal needs and even uplift one’s family.
There is a need for the government to put across strong information concerning such issues because only women and children who are highly affected and end up suffering .
