THESE ARE THE MOST CREATIVE NAIROBIANS

After finishing my errands, I decide to hit my favorite café along Haille Sellasie. I like it here coz the fries are served unselfishly and the price is relatively good. The goodness with such joints is that you won’t cough out 5 baab to buy the sauce sachets, chili sauce is free here. And it’s too diluted that it tastes sweeter than tomato sauce. And after the Ebola scare, I started carrying my spoon and folk from home, thanks to my high school habit. After eating my chips,kuku and kebab at Ksh 210, I decide to walk towards my hood stage. Then I amua to withdraw some chumz just in case mvua ipandishe fare. The MPESA chics are all over me “Boss karibu hapa!!” “Hapo hakuna float, kuja kwa yangu” ”Yake iko na delays” they argue. Such kinda flattery can raise one’s ego that you can withdraw all your money, in bits, from all the agents just to prevent a ‘cat-fight’. On realizing that I wanted to withdraw 100 baab and all the chics were hot, I decided to pool out ‘politely’ “Nataka kutoa thao, mtanifanyia na 15 bob??” I asked quite boldly. This left them with a silence of confusion and a topic to discuss later. Farther down the street, I angukiad an MPESA with a guy and withdrawing there was piece of cake. Bro code.

Then I boarded my hood matatu. Then the conda started collecting the fare. I gave him a sohk the rate was 60 baab. “Nakuwahi change nkirudi” he told me as he proceeded to collect from those seated behind me. Then I knew my whole journey was messed. It hit me, yes, that feeling that we all have when the conda remains with our change. I kept looking behind for virtually the whole journey. One would think I was a driver reversing a lorry. Why do we all doubt condas? Yet they are among the best mathematicians that we have in the country? Aren’t they the ones who came up with the “Uko na 20bob nkurudishie 50?”(When you pay Ksh 100 and expect a ksh 30 change). Aren’t they the ones who promote national cohesion “Boss, sina coins…chukua hii mbao utapea huyu madhe kumi mkishuka” After I alight, I go straight to get electricity tokens. I prefer going to Mbogua’s place coz he accepts credit. The last time I was at his place, he operated an MPESA and tokens business. But today he had some extra shelves. “Vipi Mbugz, kuna tokens” I asked. “Leo network iko down, utachukua candle? Kuna torch pia” 

This is how life will filter out the creatives from the chaff!!!