My name is Mary Otieno, and I come from Kendu Bay in Homa Bay County. Ten years ago, the love of my life walked out on me. Just like that without a warning, without a reason. We had been together for years, and I hadRead More

My name is Harriet, and I’m a mother from Mbale. I used to wake up every day with a sinking heart, wondering where my son might be or what trouble he’d gotten into. I never imagined that my sweet, respectful little boy would one dayRead More

I’ll be honest, this is not the kind of thing any man wants to talk about. For a long time, I kept it to myself, swallowing shame with every silent failure. At just 36, I felt like I was half the man I used toRead More

I never imagined the people I carried for nine months and raised with all my heart would one day turn their backs on me. But life has a cruel way of testing you, especially when everything falls apart at once.   My name is JacklineRead More

  I never thought success would cost me peace in my own home.   My name is Ruth, a 35-year-old and I am a business woman. When I finally built my house after years of hustling, I thought I had made it. It was aRead More

I Was Always the Broke Sibling, Until One Spiritual Cleansing Flipped My Financial Fate Growing up, I was the one everyone pitied.   In every Ugandan family, there’s usually that one sibling who just can’t catch a break, who seems stuck no matter how hardRead More

They say marriage is a blessing, but no one tells you how bitter it can get when jealousy takes root in the heart of a co-wife. My name is Janet, and I never thought I’d find myself in a spiritual war with another woman overRead More

I wouldn’t wish those nights on anyone. Waking up at 2 a.m., drenched in sweat, heart racing, the image of slithering snakes still fresh in my mind. It was like I was being hunted in my sleep. Night after night. The dreams weren’t just nightmaresRead More

It was a painful period in my life, one that I never thought would come. My marriage was hanging by a thread, and I could feel the weight of it every day. For months, things had been strained between my wife and me. She wasRead More

The day I got fired was one of the worst days of my life, but looking back, it was also the day everything changed for the better. I’m Sarah, a 34-year-old mother of two, and I’ve never been the type to take things lying downRead More

I still remember the smell of cabbage and onions mixed with dust. That tiny grocery shop in our village market was where I spent most of my days, standing behind a wooden counter, hoping for a few customers to buy a tomato or two. TheRead More

For the longest time, I believed that love was simply not meant for people like me. I was the girl who always got left. It started in high school—my first boyfriend dumped me for my best friend. I forgave, moved on, and tried again. ButRead More