Salute
a pair of lads happily playing on the road reserve
a juala* ball tied with twine
a match of skill
a future Oliech?**
a shot for goal
a ball straying across a road
a car unseen
a squeal of tyres
a pair of arms in the air
a scream
a thud
a whimper
a death
a hope that he now sits with his father in heaven
*plastic bags
**Kenyan football star playing in Quatar
Always be solicitous about the welfare of those who share our roads. This is a dedication to a boy who lost his life in an accident on the road near my office earlier today on my way to work. This is his story.
| i don’t wanna be | gavin degraw |
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June 30th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Oh dear! What a way to start your morning and week.
He is definitely with his Father in a better place.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
sad
June 30th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
bambi, kika…
pole sana for his family
June 30th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Ouch…sorry. It’s funny how I dunno what to say when someone loses a loife. Sorry is even a mockery of sorts.
I hope he’s up there.
Makes u wonder how important a second or even am inute is. If he’d been delayed somewhere even for a minute…
Now this is the coincidence of the world cup and olympics…I DON’T WANNA BE GAVIN DEGRAW IS PLAYING ON MY PC RIGHT THIS MINUTE!!!
Too freaky and spooky. Three, u’re a witch doctor. Or his assistant.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
A little prayer for him.
June 30th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
No no no, I don’t like sad stories with kids in them. Boohoohoo
June 30th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Thats so so sad…why do people speed in estates? Anyways RIP.
I love that song! It made me watch a marathon of One Tree Hill .
June 30th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
I remember when we were kids we used to be told never play by the roadside. I hope this doesn’t mean thay aren’t taught such things today.
June 30th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
the accident occurred along Enterprise Road in Industrial Area, there are a lot of Informal Settlements so space to play in there is limited, the reason they were near the road.
June 30th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
sad! Lack of precautions, no wonder Kenya’s death rate is 40something!RIP, boy.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
No I meant life expectancy and not death rate!
July 1st, 2008 at 11:47 am
oh no…this is so sad..RIP
I’ve been trying to comment for ages..your page keeps refusing to load..:(
July 1st, 2008 at 12:51 pm
July 1st, 2008 at 1:14 pm
that is just sad…
July 1st, 2008 at 1:43 pm
makes you ask yourself how much of this life you still hav to live…
July 1st, 2008 at 4:37 pm
too sad.
Oliech? Quatar?
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:40 am
Sad. Another life taken away immaturely.