{"id":3126960,"date":"2022-10-01T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/mwendesha-baiskeli\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T07:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T11:38:38","slug":"mwendesha-baiskeli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/mwendesha-baiskeli\/","title":{"rendered":"Mwendesha Baiskeli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>kwa Claire (1943-2021)<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kwa miaka ishirini ningemuona kwenye baiskeli yake,<br\/> wingu la nywele nyeupe lililowekwa ndani ya kofia yake,<br\/> kupanda kwenye soko la mkulima. Au kufundisha. Kujifunza.<br\/> Mvua, theluji, giza &#8211; hakuna kitu kilichomzuia<br\/> kutoka kwa baiskeli kuelekea anakoenda.<br\/> Wakati pekee ambao alipumzika ulikuwa msingi<br\/> katika bustani yake, juu ya magoti yake, akainama juu<br\/> mavuno ambayo alijua yatakuja kila wakati<br\/> kwa wakati na utunzaji sahihi.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angewezaje kukaa wima kwa muda mrefu hivyo<br\/> wakati wengine wengi walianguka? Kwa ukali<br\/> na kusaidia kwa unyenyekevu kuinama<br\/> safu ya maadili ya ulimwengu,<br\/> aliamini katika mifupa yake<br\/> kwamba tumaini na haki ingekuja<br\/> karibu tena, ikiwa tu sote<br\/> kanyagio ngumu zaidi,<br\/> na katika mwelekeo sahihi. <br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FJ Poetry: &#8221;Kwa miaka ishirini ningemuona kwenye baiskeli yake &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3089228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9933],"tags":[],"fpb_issue_category":[10293],"class_list":["post-3126960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ushairi","fpb_issue_category-oktoba-2022"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mwendesha Baiskeli - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/mwendesha-baiskeli\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mwendesha Baiskeli\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FJ Poetry: &quot;Kwa miaka ishirini ningemuona kwenye baiskeli yake ...&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/mwendesha-baiskeli\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-01T05:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-12T11:38:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kilcup_poem.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"725\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mwendesha Baiskeli\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/mwendesha-baiskeli\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/mwendesha-baiskeli\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7\"},\"headline\":\"Mwendesha Baiskeli\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-01T05:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-12T11:38:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/mwendesha-baiskeli\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":111,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/mwendesha-baiskeli\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/Kilcup_poem.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Ushairi\"],\"inLanguage\":\"sw-KE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/mwendesha-baiskeli\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/mwendesha-baiskeli\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/sw\\\/mwendesha-baiskeli\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mwendesha Baiskeli - 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