A Kenyan single mother of five broke down in tears when she finally received the keys to a home she had built through years of sacrifice, after her marriage collapsed and her husband allegedly abandoned the family.
Becky Kithaka shared her story on social media, revealing that her marriage fell apart after a betrayal she hadn’t anticipated.
Struggle to keep family afloat
She claimed her former husband had stopped supporting their children and later remarried a woman she had once considered a close friend, trusted and welcomed into her life.
When the marriage ended, Becky says her former husband initially promised to continue paying school fees and providing for the children.
That assurance did not hold. She recalled that the contributions became less frequent before stopping entirely, leaving her cornered as she tried to meet the daily needs of five children on her own.
The consequences touched every part of family life. Her children were at times sent home from school over unpaid fees.
There were days when food ran short, and she would tell the children she had already eaten so they could take whatever was available.
Some evenings, supper was nothing more than black tea, with the older children quietly claiming they were not hungry to leave more for their younger siblings.
Rent arrears grew steadily, and many of the people she had hoped would offer support quietly drifted away.
She described one particularly low moment: sitting on the floor of her rented house in darkness after her children had fallen asleep, the electricity cut off, with no clear sense of what lay ahead.
Turning pain into a permanent home
Becky disclosed that she prayed through those nights, wondering whether things would ever change.
Rather than surrender to those circumstances, she began picking up any work she could find, working long hours, selling items and setting aside whatever she managed to earn.
Her ambition was focused on one goal: owning a home where her children would never again fear being evicted.
The construction process was slow and interrupted. She ran out of money more than once and had to pause the project repeatedly.
But she always returned to it, drawing strength from what her children had already been through.
When the house was finally complete, Becky wept standing outside it with her five children. She described the moment not simply as owning property, but as proof that survival and determination can outlast even the most painful seasons of life.
Looking back, she said she had chosen not to let bitterness define her and urged other single mothers navigating financial hardship and the loneliness of raising children alone to hold on, keep working and believe that difficult circumstances are not permanent.
