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[Okong' Okuna @XivTroy]

In the romanticisation of village life, what’s often overlooked is the arduous labour it commands.

Wake up at 6 a.m. Go milk the cows. Sweep the chicken coop. Wash the drinkers & refill them, mix the medicine. Go to the sheep pen. Sweep. Go tie the sheep. Head to the cow pen: repeat. Fill every bucket with water, pulled from a manual well.

Take breakfast quickly.

Go to the granary. Carry maize out to dry. Head to the farm. Carry 20kg maize sacks on your back, the remainder of the harvest. Back & forth. Back & forth.

Afternoon. Go home. Eat quickly. Take the animals to pasture. I used to fight my brother over this. Only time you'd get to sit down, read a novel. A little nap, and sheep has strayed into the next farm.

Bring the animals back in the evening. Mum forgot to buy salt. Rush to the market. Come back. Milk the cow. Cooking water has run out. Pull more from the well.

It’s 7 p.m.

Go bathe. Eat. Sleep at 8:30.

Midnight, the dogs are barking. Cow thieves again. Join the neighbours outside to chase the thieves, who made away with 3 cows. which you looked for until 3 am, came back home at 4 am.

Put your head on the pillow, it’s 6 already. Cows are mooing. Milk is itching their udders.

I suffered in the village, mam. But there were good times too. And rivers. And lots of sugarcane. And a girl that I really liked. Would I recommend it?

No. Stay right where you are.

You'd never get depressed in the village, though. Too much to do to even entertain the thought. Your only anxiety was whether you'd ever make it out of there, and how much better a parent you would be once you did.

Go to the village in your 40s if you have to. Village life is only good when you're the one doing the ordering around. Telling your kids they are too soft, because at their age you were tilling three acres of land with a hoe everyday under the scorching sun, while raising a whole family.

[Martha Ahumuza @MarthaAhumuza]

This is exactly why you’ll find grown men glorifying their mothers’ sacrifices while having very little understanding of what those sacrifices actually cost them. I remember my aunt once telling me that leaving her job was one of the worst decisions she ever made yet her

[orpah💐 @tuwayorpah]

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[아두라💞💜 @Aduradara61049]

Working from home makes your neighbors think you're unemployed and lazy.

[Somi Kenneth @somi_ken]

Unfortunately, I have to admit that I have not done my best. My current situation is a direct consequence of my incompetence. I suck at doing this life thing.

[Rasna Warah @RasnaWarah]

I said it before, am saying it again, one day someone will look at Kenya and say, here lie the ruins of a country destroyed by greed.

[d4rkr34p3r666 @reimufan099]

Has anyone else realized there's nothing to fucking watch on youtube anymore

[Zoya🕊️ @Zoya_ki_batein]

Marriage only benefits a woman when the man is truly capable of leading, providing, and protecting. Otherwise she’s just adding responsibilities to a life she already manages alone.

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@Kivutss Mostly good for pilau

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

A Kenyan court has suspended the implementation of a "landmark" $2.5bn (£1.9bn) health aid deal signed with the US last week over data privacy concerns.

There are concerns the deal could allow the US to view people's personal medical records. https://t.co/dy8lyto0y5

[Cxspxxr✘🧸 @_6signxxx]

It's unfortunate that this time in our lives gets wiped from our memories. I wanna remember being this carefree. You didn't even have to go to the bathroom

[orpah💐 @tuwayorpah]

@_falsi1ke Navy blue

[rea @inyjungkook]

why do dramas hit different while you’re under academic stress

[Qira 🎀 @Qira_997]

Sometime being unavailable keeps you away from lots of uncertainties

[Ja Leto @_falsi1ke]

Twitter is for people who talk to themselves and enjoy their own company.

[ian🕷️ @ianwontmiss_]

Don't be the guy that speaks too much sense and hasn't done anything with his life

[🎀 @lilmissnothoein]

no one talks about how embarrassing it is to get excited about someone just to realize they don't even like you fr.

[orpah💐 @tuwayorpah]

Anyone else in that weird phase where nothing feels okay, but you keep trying to fix it and it’s just not working?