Caroline Njung'E

Aug 17, 2024 | nation.africa | Caroline Njung'E

I dread hospital visits. I dread them because almost every time I visit a hospital, I end up staying almost a whole day. And it is the same in both public and private hospitals. Being in the media, I have a picture of what ails the medical sector in this country, but since I’m an outsider looking on the inside through a small window, I won’t pretend to fully understand how hospitals are run, and what informs staffing matters. I can only authoritatively comment from a patient’s point of view.

Jun 1, 2024 | nation.africa | Caroline Njung'E

What you need to know:Had this family been fortunate enough to live at a time when ‘madness’ had a diagnosis, hence treatment, each and every one of them might have gone on to lead a productive life. The children would have completed school and gone to become the lawyers, doctors and teachers they kept hearing about. That is how we described mental illness those days.

May 25, 2024 | nation.africa | Caroline Njung'E

This week on Wednesday, I took a short break from work to run some errands I had been postponing against my better judgement, and with the deadline looming, I was in a race against time. As I impatiently waited to cross the road, I spotted a familiar face across the road, and even though the last time I saw that face was over 20 years ago, I instantly recognised the person who was now looking at me quizzically, obviously wondering why I looked familiar.

May 22, 2024 | nation.africa | Caroline Njung'E

A couple of years ago, I visited a relative in the village, where I was served meat I had never eaten before – quail meat. And not just pieces of it, a basin full of whole fried quail. I was amazed and taken aback at the same time, since at that moment, I had no idea what I had just been served since what I was seeing was too small to be chicken. Understandably, I was nervous.

Aug 12, 2023 | nation.africa | Caroline Njung'E

This week, I attended one of my children’s sports day, which was also their closing day. The event was to run from 8.30am to 1pm, but of course, nothing in Kenya starts on time and ends on time – sorry, I could not help belabouring the point I made last week regarding time-keeping. Moving on, in every such event, there are two types of parents. The first group is made up of the self-contained ones. These are the parents that tend to sit quietly and do more observing than talking.