Last Post

I am sitting by gate 9 at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport waiting for a 16:40 flight to Dubai and from there home to Birmingham. This will be my last post from Kenya for a little while. As previously posted this has been a very worthwhile trip and a lot has been achieved. As ever there is still more to do. Our harvest of maize, millet and green grams, (mung beans), has been gathered in but there is no rest for the farmer. We now need to plant desmodium seeds to grow a biological barrier against the Striga weeds that attack our maize in time for the next growing season which starts in early September. The fields need to be prepared for our next planting and the tomatoes will soon be ready for harvesting and selling. The school and College students are on holiday at the moment but will soon be back to their studies, (on August 27^th) and making the final push to the end of the year. Our ‘candidates’ for the KCPE, (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education), will doubtless face more Zonal and district mock exams when they go. They are going to need a lot of stamina!

I’m looking forward to seeing Judi and the family again. Although this has been a relatively short visit it’s still a long time to spend away from them. I hope the blog will continue to interest you in the future. I tend to write less while I’m in the UK but will, I hope, be returning to Kenya before too long.Oriti, (bye) and Nyasae Ogwhedhi, (God be with you).