From Mining to Rehabilitation
Between Confidence and Doubt: My Journey of Growth in a New Role
The Final Salute: Reflections through Base Titanium's Legacy
My Heart's Longing, His Sovereign Will
A month ago, on 27th March 2025 to be specific, I got this email and honestly, “thrilled” doesn’t even begin to cover it! I was literally over the moon! I had finalized my application in February and my anxiety was over the roof for a whole month as I waited for the admission results.
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Another Year of my Lord's Faithfulness and Love
If someone had told me at the beginning of the year that at some point I’d trade my heavy always muddy overalls for tailored official pants and steel-toe boots for peep-toe heels, I would’ve laughed—loudly.
Rio De Kanairo
It’s an hour before midnight and you wouldn’t believe how tranquil and relaxed the ever busy, chaotic and noisy city is. The daytime hustle and bustle has died down and the ever crowded streets are now deserted. The few people remaining are hurrying home to get some rest before resuming the next day’s fast paced ‘Shamba la Mawe’ life. Yoooh! Life in Nairobi can drive you nuts, especially for ‘Pwani’ dwellers like us.
Mining
From Mining to Rehabilitation
On April 24th, 2025, six months after leaving Base Titanium, I returned, no longer as part of the team this time, but as part of a delegation that was eager to see the progress of the rehabilitation efforts. Of course, nostalgia hit hard right from 'barrier one' as we famously called the first security stop, but nothing prepared me for what I would feel once I stepped in Bumamani. There, my excitement blew the roof off and it honestly felt like stepping into a living memory. This was a mine I had actively participated in bringing to life, both in it's commissioning and operation!
Between Confidence and Doubt: My Journey of Growth in a New Role
It’s been a whole two months since I occupied this space, and honestly, I’ve missed it. I didn't go silent because I ran out of words (though coming to think of it🤔, I might have been battling a serious writer's block), but it's because I’ve been caught up in the chaos of settling into the new assignment at hand. These past few months, my brain has been taking in the thrill and exhaustion of fieldwork, the attentiveness to detail demanded by office tasks, and the professionalism required when engaging with different stakeholders.
The Final Salute: Reflections through Base Titanium's Legacy
On 31st December 2024, Base Titanium formally shut down its active mining operations in Kenya with a grand Water Gun Salute - an incredible curtain close to a decade of sustainable mining in Kenya. As I viewed the shared photos of the beautiful water arcs created by the very familiar mining guns, I ended up getting so emotional not just because it was my former workplace for about 500 days, but because it had become a home, a training ground and a place where despite great challenges, my dreams as a young mining engineer had become a reality.
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" - Vincent Van Gogh
It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Saturday and I am just chilling after a day at the beach. I am scrolling through my Whatsapp trying to read the messages that I had starred during the week. Life in the “bundus” is super busy and I chose to schedule some items for the weekend with less pressure.
Faith
My Heart's Longing, His Sovereign Will
A month ago, on 27th March 2025 to be specific, I got this email and honestly, “thrilled” doesn’t even begin to cover it! I was literally over the moon! I had finalized my application in February and my anxiety was over the roof for a whole month as I waited for the admission results.
Another Year of my Lord's Faithfulness and Love
If someone had told me at the beginning of the year that at some point I’d trade my heavy always muddy overalls for tailored official pants and steel-toe boots for peep-toe heels, I would’ve laughed—loudly.
Beyond Nostalgia
At the threshold of wrapping up 2023, a year that has had its own share of challenges and triumphs, it’s natural for our minds to wander back to the bygone days of the past. As a matter of fact, amid the uncertainty that shrouds the path of the new year, it is natural to seek solace in the comfort of the past. We want to cling to the familiar, the known, and the cherished trying to push to the back of our minds the uncertainties of our jobs, relationships, families, finances, etc.