Author: Valentine Owendi

People dream of winning the jackpot every day. You see people on TV or in the newspapers smiling with oversized cheques, and you can’t help but wonder, “Why not me?”...

If there is one kind of pain that cuts deeper than a knife, it is betrayal from family. Strangers can hurt you, neighbors can envy you, colleagues can sabotage you,...

When I walked into the lawyer’s office to file for divorce, my hands were trembling. I kept asking myself, how did we get here? We had children together, we had...

I used to think employment was a cage. Waking up at 6 a.m., battling Nairobi traffic, working for a boss who didn’t even know my worth, I hated it. Everywhere...

All my life, I carried a heavy label on my back: failure. From the time I was in primary school, teachers would point at me in class and say, “This...

The betrayal that almost killed me wasn’t just about love. It was about dignity, pride, and the shame of watching the woman I called wife choose another man right in...

If there’s one pain that cuts deeper than a knife, it is the pain of giving your all to someone only for them to destroy you piece by piece. For...