Tale of A Kenyan Graduate.

The following takes place between 0600 hrs and 2100 hrs East African time. "You better pay your rent tomorrow or you'll be evicted ! ", Deno wakes up thinking about those words from his Landlord yesternight. He plugs in his Samsung smartphone in his ampex sub-woofer. He ponders whether to listen to Matatu fm, Capiroo or HBR. Maybe I should listen to Hope fm he contemplates as the past few months have been a living hell. Yes, he has the power to read but no job to feed him. Tunes to Matatu F.M The discussion is about boyfriends who don't treat their lovers to fancy dinners, buying gifts and what not. Damn ! He remembers Lisa who texted him last night saying that they should talk. Words that every Kenyan man dreads. Deno steps into the bathroom which also doubles up as his lavatory. Within three minutes he is done. He knows pretty well that he can't afford to waste water due to increment in his monthly water billing. He scrolls down his whatsapp texts as he prepares 'chai strungi' . Dear customer your daily data bundle is almost..., A flash message pops up. "Hawa suffericom ni wezi ! ", he laments. Just then another message arrives. Sportpesa things. He quickly opens it to see if he won a bet he had placed. Deno is among the many youth working as senior odds hunters at Sportpesa- A Kenyan company that has employed so many Kenyan Graduates. SMH. By 0900 hrs, Deno is seated in his favourite matatu. Yeah, you guessed right, the one with an aquarium inside! Destination is Nairobi CBD and his agenda for the day is dropping his Resume at certain firms that had advertised vacant positions. This has been his routine for a while now. By mid-day he his through with his errands and now he has to trek to Ngara to visit Lisa his 'bae'. The two have been lovers since they met on orientation day at campus. They had been co-habiting during those good times in campus but after graduation day they decided it would be best if everyone rented their own space. Lisa being daddy's girl had rented a one bedroom house at Ngara whereas Deno had rented a bedsitter in the diaspora AKA The republic of rongai. 'Since you started gambling, you never take me out to KFC. I can' t remember the last time you took me to coldstone creameries. And oh every tuesdays we used to go hangout at Pizza inn but now you say ati there is Ufa..." she fumed. " It's U.E.F.A ", Deno murmured. After a heated exchange lasting well over 3 hours he decided to leave but not before a roll in the hay. Lucky fella ! Denno arrives in his plot at around 2000hrs. With his supper from mama mboga in hand he opens his door and looks at his dusty shoes. Tarmacking and Murraming is real ! ' Aje Si ukam hapa local nikutolee fom' , Max his best friend texts him. He quickly drops the foodstuff he had bought and heads to Citrus pub to meet Max. As he enters the pub he comes face to face with Kimani his Landlord.

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