It's been 5 years since I first got arrested. Time really flies. I've never really shared my story to anyone except my family who knows it.

Let's go back,

I was in campus, a very focused girl, classes attendance check, performance check, everything I was doing looking back, I was intentional. Then one day, I got arrested, it first didn't look like an arrest, I was just requested to go write a statement. The moment I arrived at the DCI offices, they confiscated my property, I had school books, notebooks, laptops, girlish stuff, I remember huyo msee akinishow, "Leo utakuwa mgeni wetu" , I was like you are arresting me? Yeah, guys I cried, nililia nikalia, the officers had to kunibembeleza, they bought me kuku, yoghurt, milk, Before I got booked to the police cells😭. I didn't stop crying, after wameandika OB, nkapelekwa ladies cell. I was alone, it was a Friday, 2nd June, I didn't call anyone, because I didn't even know the reason for my arrest, why, ... Some ladies later were brought in with kids, I slept on cold concrete floor for the first time in my life. The next day, on Saturday, around 11am, nmekujiwa na DCI officers WA another county, jurisdiction so I was being transferred, guys they came with 5 land cruisers , wakifika wanakuta ni tuschana tudogo,4 had to go on other errands, we travelled with one. Tukifika, I had to call my parents, I knew they'd skin me, but Sasa what do I do,

My mum was mad at me. My dad, told me calm down, we'll be there tomorrow.

My dad and uncle travelled for like 12hrs, walifika around 8pm. They hugged me, comforted me, asked me why I was arrested, I literally had no clue, had to wait till Monday the next day, nipelekwe court nijue (I just knew money was involved) I gave my folks access to everything my accounts,, work, everything, ndio waweze kuaccess anything just Incase.

The next day, Mimi napelekwa court kama VIP, land cruiser, I got escort, nkifika court my case file, haiko ready, they've not even prepared charges against me, so nkarudishwa cell tena😭, ooh my, nlikuwa nalala kwa floor, my whole body was aching, hakuna kuoga, no washroom ni kibucket tu hapo corner, watu wakishikwa wanajisaidia hapo😭😭, it was gross, cases were many, young girls wameenda kuishi na boyfriends wazazi wanawaleta station, wakifika wanabomolewa na maaskari ni manduru, wamama wa chama, mpesa sijui kuliibiwa pesa, shosho alipoteza mtoto, nani walipigana,

On Tuesday, nkaenda court, ndio Sasa naskia ati I stole 1.2 million😭, I conspired , I handled the money, I transacted. (Did I have any idea, not at all😭) Nikakataa mashtaka, cash bail ilikuwa 500k , wooooiii Jehovah... My folks got an idea of what was happening, my details had been like fraudulently used, hivo ndio nkashikwa. (I had issues with my phone at the time, when theft was happening, nlikuwa natafuta tu katululu, so I didn't get notifications on my phone of it happening whatsoever, the theft happened like a month earlier, nkiwa natumia WhatsApp web to go to class)

I was taken back to station, then processed for remand immediately, covid was a thing back then, tukapelekwa hosi na tugari, they poked my nose,then we headed to female's prison. My parents assured me, they'd pay the bail and come for me.

I'd not showered for days, when I got arrested I was on my menses, (I suppose I smelled like a goat juu wueeh)

Kufika Women's prison,

Msee wueeh, wakachukua tu belongings twangu, then wrote all of them down, after that, we moved to the next section,tell me why, tuliambiwa tutor nguo zote😭😭 and then you do the star jump kama mara kumi, and cough while your legs were apart😭😭, then tukapewa zile tu uniforms za zebra , you only wear panty and bra huko ndani, haupewi sweater. Then you get sandals, afterwards, we requested to shower, I was happy at least I could eat, shower and get a place to sleep (I started missing my crib and the little things I didn't thing would be privileges)..I had braids on, nkaambiwa nizibomoe, nishuke hizi tulines. Tukioga ikafika masaa ya supper, supper ni 4pm, those askaris 😭 , they are vulgar , I almost got beaten on day one , (I was 20 years old then, weight ni 45kgs)

Prison /Remand Life

Rules za Huko

---You pick food in order, Food Iko served kwa frustrums fulani zinaitwa muroro na tulids kama tule za kufunika toss.

--- Kuna kufanya hesabu daily, around 5 or six times, and you have to crouch like squat, during those times 5 columns,

---- Kuna categories; ordinary remand, then capital remand, Kuna wenye wako kifungo (split according to work they do, kitchen,shamba, kushona)

---- You wake up by 6am then mfanyiwe hesabu, sleep by 9pm (compulsory) you have no say on what you want ,do.

--- The lights must be on, full time, day or night.

---The washroom ilikuwa loo bafu, na ni kamoja na tulikuwa kama wanahandred watu wa remand (The ones serving their sentence had a different dormitory)

--- Kuna duties (hard labor typeshi) ,mnasugua drainage na toothbrush, pavements mnatumia mawe kwa mawe for scrub