Her name is Fiona Omondi, and here are the things that bring her pleasure: family, she is the firstborn of six siblings. Motherhood, she has four children. “Technically, we are also a family of six,” she says, pleased with her quip. And Rome.
She thinks about Rome often, and over time, an affection has grown for it. To some degree, she believes, this affection is reciprocated. Affection may not be love, but it is at least its stepbrother. “I am patriotic,” she says, “but Rome is special.” It’s not that she loves Kenya less, but that she loves Rome more.
