One day, Kanene, the eldest son came home from school after his last O'level examination paper feeling .......

...abit sorry for his father, who for so long had to shoulder the responsibility of being a mother and a father. 'I wish my mother was alive', 'thought Kanene. Being the eldest son he knew it was incumbent upon him to help his father in taking care of the other three siblings. He had always admired the way his father was was so good to them and wished one day when he will be a responsible father like him....

......And then one night, the father died.

she was also Kanene’s former schoolmate who had sat for the exams with him,Kanene could not believe that his father had fallen for such a young girl and he always...

@Wa-ithaka too fast.Wazua walikataa hiyo direction.

...dreamt that they were swimming on the turbulent waters of Migingo....

..but that remained a dream, and as he cast his eyes on the sun setting with a wink over the Taita Hills, he could not help but wish his father well; maybe it was a way to lock in the famed beauty of his community and with the rise of the sun in the morrow...

..worse still, his father was sagging his pants and had a cheap "bling silver" chain that was wearing out to reveal some coppery color, bongo flava music blasting from his radio covered with the crotchet cloth his dear late mum had made for him. He couldn't take it, Mwatela Charo must be after the money, he thought, has he sold the shares? he thought..then...

...Mwatela further explained that it was probable that Mzee Kiratu's vuvuzela may have gotten too old ...

But Mzee Kiratu was not giving up. He kept saying...
"This vuvulezi..I have to blow it out to the whole village one day. And so he practised n practised until he shelled infront of everyone! It was so embarrassing that..."