Ongata Rongai, Kajiado: A former Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer who was shown the exit door following a relationship with her boss is looking for a job. An emotional Zipporah Kata is looking for a job after being fired from military job. Zipporah Kata, whose relationship with her senior officer only lasted for seven months, says she has not found a job since being dismissed from her militant job. The single mother who claimed her boss planted bullets in her house has been surviving on menial jobs. Zipporah opens up about new lifestyle changes after job loss
Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, Zipporah opened up on the rough lifestyle adjustment she had to make after being dismissed from work. “My daughters were not happy at all. It affected them psychologically. They were accustomed to a certain lifestyle, but not everything changed in a blink. Since I was living with them in the barracks, we had to move out and rent a house to start afresh. I had some savings, which helped me survive after I lost my job. My kids also had to change school, like the elder one, who was in a boarding school, had to transfer to a day school. The other one was in a private school and had to switch to a public school,” she narrated. How long has Zipporah been in the military? Zipporah, who noted she worked in the military for over 11 years, said she was mentally affected as she became withdrawn.
She did not want to associate with people or interact with them, but preferred to be alone most time. “To this day, I still don’t like being around people. I just prefer being alone. Some people empathised with me, but I just preferred to stay away from them,” she added. Zipporah rules out possibility of returning to military Zipporah depends on hustles which are not guaranteed to survive, pay rent, and take her young daughters to school. The stranded mother is looking for a fresh employment opportunity, but has ruled out any possibility of returning to the military. “I am looking for a job that involves security. I have experience in the security industry so that is the are that I am skilled in. So anybody that has such an opportunity can look for you. That would make me very happy,” she said. Zipporah’s message to boss who got her fired
As she seeks to open a new chapter in her life, Zipporah had a message for the officer who led to her dismissal. She confessed she was not bitter with him and was not looking for revenge despite the costly gesture he showed her. “I would like to tell him that I forgave him, and that he should have a kind heart and stop oppressing people. He should try and have a humane and Godly heart in himself. Before doing such a thing to another person, he should ask himself how it would be to him had such a thing been done to him. That is not a good thing to do to another family’s breadwinner,” she concluded.
by John Green
