On 4th June I shared in my facebook that I was going for a HIV test. What I didn’t expect was the barrage of comments both negative and positive that I received.

One thing about the internet is the freedom people have to speak their minds. One interesting point that I want to bring up was the point that my post was irrelevant. But considering it solicited over 40 responses then I think my post was definitely not irrelevant but very pertinent to the reality of life today in Kenya.

Let no man or woman feel that HIV is something to be swept under the carpet. I wish we had more leaders and other Kenyans coming up to show their status as this would make sure they become more responsible in their efforts to guard their status. This would also create an awareness.

It was a Saturday morning like any other to me and I was going about my normal business. My day was interrupted by a phone call from the head of my Landscaping department, telling me a pregnant woman was in labor in the park, and asked that I come right away.

Some of my landscape workers, former ex-Street boys, were by the highway waiting to flag me down. They led me into the park by foot, since traffic would have put my arrival much later. Two women in the park had taken control of the situation delivering a beautiful baby girl to a laboring young woman. Within seconds, the baby was turning blue and the only thing to wrap the baby in was a head scarf. By this time, I held the baby, covered in blood, as the two women delivered the placenta. Read the rest of this entry »