My name is Stanley Njuguna, and this is my wife Beatrice Wanjala. We want to share our story, the way we lived it, with pain and later with hope.
I met Beatrice in Nairobi about ten years ago. I was working in a hotel. She was doing mama fua work, washing clothes for people. Life was not big, but we were happy. We fell in love, married, and started our small family with big dreams.
In 2016 my wife became pregnant with our first child, our son Michael Njuguna. Instead of joy, trouble started. I lost my hotel job suddenly. We used all our savings — only KSh 16,000 — to start a small business. We believed it would grow. It did not. It struggled and finally fell when our baby was about two years old.
I then went to work as a casual laborer at a mjengo site. After some months, I was injured by iron rods and could not continue working. I stayed at home with no job. My wife also had no work. We kept asking ourselves, “Why is everything failing after the child came? What is wrong with our life?”
We tried many small businesses — even roasting maize by the roadside. Each one would start well, then after some months it would collapse. When our marriage reached six years, my wife became pregnant again. Bills were too many. We could not manage school needs for Michael. He was in a public school in Mukuru kwa Njenga. Many days he went without food. Because of hunger, he started spending time in the streets, looking for food in bad places. That street life changed him.
In the eighth year of our marriage, during a disease outbreak in the area, we lost our son Michael. That pain broke us deeply. A parent should not bury a child. We cried and asked God many questions. Trouble after trouble followed us.
In 2023, we remained with one child, a young girl. One evening I sat with my wife and said, “Let us look at our life. Every step we try becomes a setback. Jobs end. Businesses fail. Our child is gone. We must look for help and understanding.”
We first went to a self-proclaimed prophet near Tasia Stage in Embakasi. He asked for money again and again and said a bad spirit followed us, but nothing changed. We felt more tired and confused.
Then something unexpected happened. I met an old workmate from the hotel where I worked years back. His life had improved. When I told him our story, he gave me the contact of Dr Kashiririka and said, “Speak to him. Just explain everything.”
I called and explained our suffering. He listened with patience. He told me our life pattern needed spiritual and personal cleansing and rebuilding steps — breaking harmful patterns, restoring work opportunities, strengthening family unity, and rebuilding business direction. He guided us through structured prayers, counseling steps, and discipline practices that cost little but required commitment and honesty between me and my wife.
We followed the guidance seriously — praying together, correcting our habits, planning money carefully, and starting again slowly.
Step by step, our situation changed.
Today, I, Stanley Njuguna, run an Mpesa shop near Nyayo Estate Gate B. We live in a decent house. We eat. Our daughter goes to school well. Peace returned to our home. We still remember our son with love, but now we can smile again.
Beatrice speaks:
“I thought our life was finished. I cried many nights. But today I thank God we did not give up. We found guidance, we changed our ways, and we stood together as husband and wife. That is what saved our family.”
If you are going through problems like:
- Constant job loss
- Businesses starting and failing
- Heavy family conflicts
- Long periods of poverty
- Feeling stuck no matter how hard you try
- Repeated bad patterns in life
Seek wise spiritual and practical guidance, talk to trusted leaders, and get real support. There is always a path forward, and help can come when you least expect it.
