I had a most unexpected but nevertheless interesting air travel to Eldoret early one chilly July morning.
The flight took me to Lodwar where all the passengers alighted leaving me onboard. Other passengers joined in and we took off for 64, the City of Champions.
I had never been to Lodwar before and was astonished by the desolate almost bare land. The cross on the hill dominating the airport made me reflect on yet another liturgy that startles me every time I hear it:
“It is right and our delight to give you thanks and praise, Holy Father, living God, supreme over the world, Creator, Provider, Saviour and Giver. From a wandering nomad You created Your family; for a burdened people You raised up a leader; for a confused nation You chose a king; for a rebellious crowd You sent Your prophets. In these last days You have sent us Your Son, Your perfect image, bringing Your kingdom, revealing Your will, dying, rising, reigning, remaking Your people for Yourself. Through Him You have poured out Your Holy Spirit, filling us with light and life..”
I am persuaded that the agony of what Kenya is going through “in these last days” can be best described by that capturing passage.
For aren’t we surely “burdened”, “confused” and “rebellious”, that we need to be set on factory mode and be “re-made”?
As for me, I feel lost, pained and out of place. I feel like I am a nomad in my own country….
JPR Ochieng’-Odero is a scientist, author, playwright, blogger, and
beekeeper, all rolled into one!