Godfrey Wanyonyi
A schoolboy from
the rural village of Kapsokwony
I go to Kibyeto School, about ten minutes walk from our
shamba, farm. My favourite lessons are English, sport and
science.
I particularly like science as I learn about animals. I
like insects, birds and especially cows, sheep and goats.
On our farm, I help with the animals
by looking after them. I’ve also started to help
my father with the ploughing.
My school is now on Christmas holiday so I’m helping
my parents prepare the fields and look after the crops. During
Christmas week I’ll get very involved with the church.
We will learn Christmas songs and go to other churches
for services. On Christmas day we give each other gifts.
I’m the only son in the family and I’ve seven
sisters. I’ve no problems living with so many girls.
They don’t gang up on me too much, so we live very
comfortably. As I’m the only boy I have my own njamba,
house. I planted flowers in front of it to make the house
look beautiful.
On a school day I’m up by six o’clock
and get to school by eight. School ends at 3.20 and then
I practise
football with my friends on the school field. We all support
AFC Leopards. They are the best and have just won the league!
Some people support Gormayia. Gormayia are OK but I prefer
AFC Leopards, as they are from this part of the country.
When I’m not helping on the farm or practising football,
I also listen to the radio. I listen to the news reports
to find out what’s going on.
Money is difficult for children to get in this area. If
I want to buy anything the only way I can get the money
is
to sell sugar cane at the market. People buy a piece of
the sugar cane, for a few shillings, and chew it as a snack.
After school maybe I’d like to become a teacher. My
father says this is only because I want to cane the pupils!
This is not true, as I want to teach knowledge to other children.
I’ve heard in Britain teachers cannot cane the pupils.
That is not right. Teachers should be allowed to cane…but
only a little bit!
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