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Confessions
The cows at my ruracio were borrowed
My in-laws still talk about how I brought eight healthy cows to the ruracio. Four of them belonged to my uncle in Narok, and he collected them the following week. Two years later my father-in-law keeps asking how the herd is doing. I just say they're grazing upcountry.
Salary lands on the 28th. By the 29th, Fuliza, the shylock and the chama contribution have taken everything. I've told my wife three months in a…
When I finished campus I couldn't find work, so I started selling mtumba at Gikomba. Business is actually good now and I make more than some…
Everyone in our plot in Roysambu thinks it was the old mama on the ground floor who complained to the caretaker. It was me. The guy…
I live in Syokimau. Monday, I woke up at the Kitengela terminus. Thursday, same thing, same matatu, same conductor. He now wakes me up at my…
My in-laws still talk about how I brought eight healthy cows to the ruracio. Four of them belonged to my uncle in Narok, and he collected them the following week. Two years later my father-in-law keeps asking how…
Salary lands on the 28th. By the 29th, Fuliza, the shylock and the chama contribution have taken everything. I've told my wife three months in a row that the company delayed salaries. They didn't. I'm just drowning quietly…
When I finished campus I couldn't find work, so I started selling mtumba at Gikomba. Business is actually good now and I make more than some of my friends in offices. But at home I'm still "the banker."…
Everyone in our plot in Roysambu thinks it was the old mama on the ground floor who complained to the caretaker. It was me. The guy in B4 plays mugithi at full volume until 3am every Friday, and…
I live in Syokimau. Monday, I woke up at the Kitengela terminus. Thursday, same thing, same matatu, same conductor. He now wakes me up at my stage without me asking. Best customer service in Nairobi.
Every Sunday I post a church selfie at 9am and my mum sends me blessings. I leave after the first song and go for brunch with the same three friends. The pastor knows my face but has never…
Comrade life was hard. When my fees didn't come through, I moved into my friend's room "for a week." A week became eight months. The warden thought we were twins. He now works in Kisumu and still refuses…
Three years ago I told everyone I got a job in Dubai. The agent disappeared with my money two days before the flight, and I was too ashamed to go back home. I rented a room in Kayole,…
Every December, the squad goes to Diani and everyone runs into the ocean. Every December I volunteer to stay with the phones and the bags because "someone has to." I'm 31. Nobody knows. I'm finally taking lessons at…
I only ever post pictures from the back seat. People assume it's mine because it's always a clean Axio. I spend more on rides than on rent, just so I can be seen getting out of a car…
My manager thinks the background on my calls is a virtual beach. It is not virtual. I just keep my camera angled away from the ocean and mute when the waves get loud.
Some agencies in town are advertising jobs in the Gulf, then asking applicants to pay for medicals, visas and "processing" in cash. After you pay, the office moves or stops picking calls. Before paying anyone, check that the…