Becoming a mother all over again at 63

A good turn deserves another.

Little Moses Annan (centre) is all smiles after his foster mother Josephine Mwakazi (second left) received the Jubilee Insurance Samaritan Award from Jubilee Holdings chairman Nizar Juma (right). Others are Mr Patrick Tumbo, Jubilee Insurance Kenya CEO and Star editor Catherine Gicheru, a JISA panel judge.  

And for the unconditional love and care she accorded an abandoned child, Josephine Mwakazi this week won a humanitarian award. The 63-year-old mother of six did not think twice upon seeing an infant abandoned in her Mwakingali estate near Tsavo West National Park. She took the infant in, even as neighbours gossiped that at her age, her aim was to solicit funds from donors. All she wanted was to give the baby a life. Abandoned by his biological mother minutes after birth at the estate in Voi town, Taita-Taveta County, little Annan, became an angel that brought a smile to Josephine’s face in her golden years.

Letters to TT County - Waisanga mwamanya? From Lenjo Lombo

In a discussion with a group of Taita men and women under the auspices of Mwanda Welfare Association, a few issues that impact the WaDAWIDA did come up.

The process of implementing the new constitution has many challenges as well as opportunities that may well pass us by if we the WaDAWIDA do not wake up and seize the chance to both participate

Hunters Turned Animal Lovers: The Inspiring Story Of Taita Residents

The Chinese concept of Yin Yang prescribes how seemingly opposite or rival forces survive by complementing each other. The philosophy propagates that good and evil cannot survive independently. One has to be around for the other to survive.