Crisscrossing the city from their home in City Carton, a slum in Buruburu, to visit his ailing mother and sister in hospital became his daily routine. His mother and sister were still admitted in hospital when his wife, Caroline Wanjiru, went into labour. “I now had a sick mother, sister and wife in hospital all looking to me to fend for them and take care of them. When she passed away, after a month in hospital, Wanyoike was hesitant to break the sad news to his sister, afraid that it would make her even more ill. “Since the death of my mother, my grandmother had been the source of financial and emotional support for my family.

Source: Daily Nation October 22, 2017 17:03 UTC