My Life in Prison

This series is loosely based on Kiriamiti's experiences as a young criminal in Nairobi, and was written mainly whilst he was in prison for robbery.

After a few days, he decides to fake insanity to be relieved of the hard labour and a long sentence and be transferred to a less-secure mental hospital so as to be able to escape, in due course.

There he meets Rashid Ibadah, a Ugandan lieutenant colonel who is also faking his insanity to escape the prison and to recover his belongings from a hotel.

[4] After an early escape, the pair head to the Mathare slum to change out of hospital clothes and get money for their journey.

He realises that prison and city life is a way of living he could not accomplish in his home village of Murang’a.