Missing

My housegirl talks to me with wringing hangs this morning of how she found out her son is missing. A month ago, he goes off to visit his dad in Kosovo, New Muthaiga, Nairobi and is playing outside and .... they reported him missing to the police, the chief and I ask you, what else is she to do and how? There is no proto to post in a newspaper. His name is Francis Nyakambi Omwomba, 9 years old and how does a 9 year old just go missing? I am informed that this is quite common in kijiji. Children get taken by barren women, people who would sell then and send them off to Ngambo, lock them up in a room ...

She is stumped as to what she can do to find him. I am stumped as to how this happens and why we are now helpless to do anything to help her.

And .... I ask what I would be like if this was to happen to me and then I am, maybe just human, in that I am thankful that this is not happening to me.