Help Mzee Zuki
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It is with great shock, horror and a broken heart that I learned of the brutal murder in Kenya of my beloved cook Mzee Zuki. He was stabbed to death in the little village of Marianta on the Mara River two nights ago. The police are still looking for the culprits. Mzee Zuki was a professional butcher-saucier who came to me when he retired from Kitchwa Tembo camp in Maasai Mara in 1989.
All of you who came to visit me in the Mara and later at the falls, in Lamu and in Nairobi will remember his mischievous smile and delicious curries. He had green fingers and grew a wonderful vegetable garden and papaya trees in all of our homes, planting hot chilies next to the succulent salads to chase the hungry hippos away…
When I first met Simon, he told me I did not need my staff as he had his…I said about the Mzee…"you do not get one of us without the other ..."
Mzee Zuki was at the airstrip at the falls to welcome my five day old Peia when we returned from the hospital. He looked at her and said "She is a mugeni”-the Swahili word for visitor-from a very long way away.
My brother Georges employed the Mzee as head chef at Mara Enkipai, our childhood home that is now a lodge in the Mara after we left Kenya in 2010.
Please join me in saying Kwaheri-Swahili for goodbye - to the Mzee and in giving him a last Asante-Swahili for thank you-and donate so that the children he left behind can continue with their education. The Mzee was the only breadwinner of the family and any amount you donate will make a world of difference to his children. His oldest son Benson is 22, Mary is 17 and still in high school, Christine is 9 and the youngest Joseph is 6.
All of you who came to visit me in the Mara and later at the falls, in Lamu and in Nairobi will remember his mischievous smile and delicious curries. He had green fingers and grew a wonderful vegetable garden and papaya trees in all of our homes, planting hot chilies next to the succulent salads to chase the hungry hippos away…
When I first met Simon, he told me I did not need my staff as he had his…I said about the Mzee…"you do not get one of us without the other ..."
Mzee Zuki was at the airstrip at the falls to welcome my five day old Peia when we returned from the hospital. He looked at her and said "She is a mugeni”-the Swahili word for visitor-from a very long way away.
My brother Georges employed the Mzee as head chef at Mara Enkipai, our childhood home that is now a lodge in the Mara after we left Kenya in 2010.
Please join me in saying Kwaheri-Swahili for goodbye - to the Mzee and in giving him a last Asante-Swahili for thank you-and donate so that the children he left behind can continue with their education. The Mzee was the only breadwinner of the family and any amount you donate will make a world of difference to his children. His oldest son Benson is 22, Mary is 17 and still in high school, Christine is 9 and the youngest Joseph is 6.
Organisator
Carolyn Roumeguere
Organisator
Germantown, NY