SON OF HEKIMA

CHAPTER ONE

"Boy! Did you tend to the farm?" asked Hekima. "Yes i did father!" said Buntu the son of Hekima. "Make sure you tend to the cattle too" said Hekima. "Yes father!" Buntu said instantly.

Hekima goes to the kitchen. " My rib, how are you now?" said Beatrice his one and only love. "I am good my queen. " How is the little one!" "Fatima. How are you?" "Dada" said Fatima. He holds his baby up putting her legs on his shoulders. The baby laughing in great amusement.

"Buntu! Time for supper!" Buntu's mother shouted for him. But Buntu was too busy to hear her. " The boy will come, no need to rush" said Hekima.

" He has come a long way that one, from being top of his class and now working on a science project" said his father. " He has made me proud." said Hekima

Buntu comes from the farm, very unkempt. "Go wash up!" said his mother. Beatrice was a hard working mother her beauty radiated in every room she walked into, her strong melanie was a testament to her beauty.

Hekima had met her as she was selling food as a vendor...Hekima fell in love with her and asked for dowry and had a traditional wedding within a week and the rest was history. A year later she gave birth to Buntu, the light of the family.

Hekima was a farmer and a small business owner who loved his children very much. And would do anything to ensure their safety. Even when now the post genocide war that lead them to flee the country until it was safe.

Although they had almost lost everything and had to come back after the war. Even while rebel groups decided to hold the country hostage.

The family was always together a one unit of strength and amicable character. His father always said "before you love yourself love your family first". This always stuck with Buntu and the rest of his family.

Hekima was ready to die for his family even when the rebel groups tried to commit arson on his house. He pleaded and was ready to die for his family equipped with a machete.

The rebel group leader admired his bravery and decided to let the family live. Now those days are gone and the country is seeing peace for the first time in a long while.