A Day in 'Kalahari'

So bwana wacha niseme hii story initoke.

I came to this city with determination and alot of eagerness to succeed ans created a stable life for myself before continuing with education I was to finance. I had a plan before this terrible ordeal.

Katika pilka za kutafuta anything I could start up with besides the 20k I had, something, sababu ya ujuaji ikanituma on this section of Standard newspaper ilikuwa na column ya car adverts, events and jobs- Airport jobs recruiting/ 5 Youths needed on limited jobs. Because of this, I bought my first phone, techno ndio zilikuwa zinaingia Kenya, nikanunua line 0719725...nikapiga simu. I was welcomed so well by a lady a later met in Town, right opposite Afya Center. She took me to her office, filled in some forms, in between akinituma tuma- mara passport photos, photocopy za ID and KCSE result slip then asked for 500 registration tukaachana.

While all these were going on, she kept turning other callers down akiwaambia nafasi zimeisha wasubiri refund of their registration fee. Ninja I was happy, naenda kufanya job Airport. I left the office straight to 33 nikachukua gari za Embakasi village. I had rented a single room hapo with the hope of getting a job at JKIA nibadilishe maisha ya mamangu. 3 days passed sioni calls. I decided to do a follow-up. (First mistake- nilikuwa nishaoshwa 500, the next thing I was to do ni kuenda kukauka mbele). Mjinga ndio huyo akarudia mwosho wa pili safi sana.

First, she acted surprised- she had completely forgotten about me, the job and the application/ had probably misplaced my documents. This was to put me in a desperate state so I could start begging which I did in English. Woi mamangu. For two consecutive days, she asked for 600 ya reflector, 700 ya t-shirt, 2000 ya safety boots, akiona amekuja sana anaiomba bargain ya chief...when I woke up, she had taken 6700 from me and still continuing. When I expressed doubts, she told me to wake up so early niende town, nichukue hizo gari za 2M za purple mpaka Airport.

She asked me to carry 2 cups, 2 plates, 1 bucket, a spoon, one blanket and a sheet. My friends, nilikaa mjinga Airport for 2 hours na ndoo mkononi, simu ni mteja na ninatoa jasho kama kitu ingine. To this date, sijanunua gazeti yeyote, sijaingia 2M as a matter of fact, Airport nilienda tu when I was going to Rwanda on a special business trip.

As a young person, ukiona kazi inatangazwa kwa barabara ama hiyo section ya gazeti- RUN!