Dennis Webala

While his mother had the privilege of choosing the name Liam, the surname was reserved for me and I had to name after my grandfather whose name was Vincent Kerre. Just as his father who was named after his paternal great grandfather Webala, Liam was named after his paternal great grandfather Kerre. The name Liam had been ratified by both of us, after his mother proposed the name and after going through popular baby names in the United States in 2021, Liam topped the list. I hadn’t planned to name him after my grandfather Kerre, but the instinct of doing so occurred at the time when the hospital birth registry demanded that we submit the child’s name. My wife Phoebe and I had not discussed about the surname Kerre, but she finally obliged my proposal. Back to the Roots My grandfather Vincent Kerre was born in 1917 to the Late Webala Murandafu of the bameme clan and a luo woman named Silonyo . Kerre died on 21/10/1993 at the age of 76 years in a grisly road accident near Kimilili town.

Liam@1 Dear Little Liam, My Little Liam as we celebrate your first anniversary in this planet earth, we always have fond memories of you. Your charming smile erases all fears in the eyes of both your parents. I know you will get this message one day, when you will have come of age. My son we know that you will live to be a towering figure in the society. Receive our blessings in abundance as the greatest of all the birthday gifts. Dad would have loved to attend your first birthday event, but he won’t make it due to limited resources and the distance between us. It was fate that made it possible for you to celebrate your first birthday with your mum in Kakuma, Turkana County while your dad is stuck at Kitale, Trans Nzoia County. But dad took a memory of you, just two days before your birthday as he bid you bye to Kakuma.  Photo taken on 06/01/2022 Why I was unable to attend your first birthday, was due mum’s love for you and would not have leaved you under my custody as you were still

Dear Phoebe, As we celebrate the first anniversary of our dearest son, we should always cherish the good times together.  The first ever best gift we successfully managed to reward ourselves is our little Liam. A product of two loved ones that can’t be easily wished away. I know my darling will be in a position to give our scion a befitting birthday observance. How I wish I were around to be part of a momentous occasion in which we reflect our struggles to beat all the odds, ranging from the numerous walks to Dr Wamalwa’s clinic to Kitale referral hospital all the way to  Dr Kasembeli’s Galillee Hospital where you endured all the pain to bring joy to our family. Recall how you got used to baked clay and thorn melon? Currently, we complete the circuit when we are three. None of us feels good when he or she gets disconnected from the other.  There comes our pride, making it a necessity for us to appreciate each other, despite some of our varied disadvantages. We are two in one – the thir