Maasai 101 being a good samaritan, nikapea mhindi tshirt ya mtumba na short to cover his nakedness na kitambi.
The following day, we managed to get the truck unstuck, but our joy was shortlived because we barely did a kilometre before getting stuck again. As the day progressed it dawned on us that we would spend the night having not driven far from the thugs. It was then decided that supper ipikwe by 5pm, ndio wakikuja time yao ya usiku wakute tumekula but tupike uji yao for obvious reason because wakikosa chakula ni vita tena.
I kept telling Patel, Sudanese ni mjinga sana, place alipata kitu lazima arudi tena. He kept asking kwa nini na tumeshinda tu hapa, kwani kuna kazi tumefanya mchana tukalipwa ndio tupate pesa ya kuwapatia jioni. Nikamwambia ngoja tu.
When evening came, as i was explaining to patel why we usually dont lock cabin doors in sudan, the now familiar dark faces appeared but in a larger group. Without even talking, ni kama kwao, they made a beeline to the fire place kila mtu anataka apewe kikombe yake ya uji kwanza ndio wapate nguvu ya kutuibia.
Having had the porridge, we were rounded up counted to make sure no one was hiding…soko ya nguo ikaanza tena and the money we had in our pockets was taken. Just as the first night, we were left with boxers only as they vanished into the darkness.
The shocking part is that later patel has the audacity to come borrow clothes again. nilimtolea curtain ya actros ajifunge.
Wadau, we spent 5 days along that stretch, and everyday, sudanese walikuja, everyday they left us naked, everyday lazima pesa na uji. kumbe hata kupea patel curtain was a mistake coz waliibeba tu.
On getting to kapoeta being a market day, tukatafuta place ya mtumba and we restocked coz hata mimi nilikuwa nimeishiwa. On our way back to the truck we spot one of the thugs flossing with Patels boots, smiling shamelessly carrying an AK47 on his back, but we could do nothing.
We then drove to juba with no more troubles. After offloading, Patel akasema hawezi rudi na truck, atapanda ndege tukutane nairobi. Driving back when empty was easy because then it only took around 4 to 5 days to get to nairobi. Which we did bila stress.
On getting to nairobi, nakuta patel having discussed with the father, had put on hold buying their own trucks because the road was too risky, wakaamua kazi yote ni ya maasai 101 na papo hapo mungu akanionekania nikaanza kuona pesa na macho.