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By Harison Maina, Ajabu Africa News, TUE MAR 5, 2024 BOSTON, MA___ The news of Mimmi Huria’s safe return home were greeted by a sigh of relief and jubilation by members of the Kenyan community in Boston, with many crediting the power of God and prayer for the much desired outcome. One Kenyan, going by the name Maurice Seda while contributing all the way from the motherland, even went to the extent of composing an instant poem for Mimmi titled “2 days”. As soon as the news hit the airwaves from WBZ News, citing Boston police department, an immediate prayer meeting was held on zoom where members of the Kenyan community expressed their joy for the good news and gratitude to God for the safe return of one of their own. Close to 800 members of the community who had joined a hastily created WhatsApp group to help in the search efforts attended the meeting and expressed profound gratitude to the Boston and Milton police departments, local media who spread the news, as well as members of the community who came forward with prayers and efforts to comb the area of South Station and Milton with posters. Ben Mbugua popularly known as Uncle Ben, who recently lost a 26-year-old son in a road accident in California, made a passionate appeal to Kenyans to put aside their differences and unite for the sake of the future generations of young Kenyans in the diaspora coming of age. “This was a tremendous effort by the entire Kenyan community in Boston who came together and made this happen. This shows you we have the power within us to make our lives better here while far from home. We need to be more connected as members of the Kenyan community.” “As immigrants, sometimes we don’t keep cases that happen to our people active and, and so they are never treated with the level of priority that others get. When a person goes missing, the first 48 hours are the most critical in the process of finding them safely. What has just happened to Mimmi just shows you why we need to always unite and keep our issues at the forefront. So thank you all for what you did” said Anne Ndunda, the lead organizer for the search efforts while thanking hundreds of Kenyans attending the zoom prayer meeting. According to John Njenga, popularly known as BIG Mbugua, when the news of the disappearance hit the Kenyan community, those who were immediately available rushed to the area of South Station to try and search for Mimmi in the very cold winter weather, all in vain. Now, they could not be any happier with the news of her safe return. “We spent 6 hours walking around Boston looking for Mimmi yesterday. We are so happy that she was found alive. He thanked all the Kenyans who worked tirelessly to make Mimmi be found alive. Let’s come together. Let’s get to be connected to the local US community, the police, the detectives and others.” Big Mbugua added that it has come a time when many Kenyan parents in the diaspora are coming to a realization that their youth are coming of age as adults very quickly and therefore cannot control their movements anymore.
“I have a 20-year-old son. I can no longer control his movements and actions. But if we are connected to the local American community rather than staying on our own, we will be much safer,” he added. Family spokesman, Paul Kasili, praised the Kenyan and American communities for the help to locate Mimi. Thank you all for coming together in such a big way to search for Mimi. Am glad she is back with us. It takes a village to bring up a child. It certainly took a village to bring Mimmi back home,” he said. The meeting concluded with prayers led by Grace Shikkoh, a former Boston resident who recently relocated to the state of Oregon. Below, enjoy Maurice Seda’s poem composition in remembrance of the 2 days of severe downs then up. {*A POEM FOR MIMMI TITLED "TWO DAYS" For two days you were lost And so were we But today we are one big family For two days it was us Oh so distressed When you got off that bus We had no rest For two days You belonged To all of us Indeed we thronged In God we trust For two days We prayed God would surround You with His love Until you are found For two days Alas! Oh how profound That you were found Safe and sound So for two days We will search for ways That we will forever and always Raise a praise To you Lord. Amen} | |||||||||
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AJABU AFRICA NEWS
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