Given the nature of my job, there are some seasons we do travel a lot around the country. As such, I have had an opportunity kutembea corner nyingi za Kenya, kujivinjari na kusample mapoko all over. One time, we were on our way to Malindi by road. Given the distance, we made a decision to sleep in Mombasa on day one then proceed to Malindi the following day. By bad luck, in our group there was this chic nilikuwa nakulanga at times. All the way to Mombasa, nilikuwa nawaza vile ntamtoka at least nikule a new poko. Ushawahi kula mpaka ukachoka na nyap? Eeeh hivyo.
Kufika Mombasa, tukachukua rooms hapo Makupa. Sasa kidem kimenikwamilia kwa mkono nikashindwa nifanye nini. Hapo ndio I put on my proper thinking hat. NikamwambiaâHoney, peleka bags kwa room nakujaâ. Nikalipia room nyingine. Usiku kuingia, all the ninjas we were with wakasema twende Casablanca. Huyu dame kusikia hivyo, akasema pia yeye anataka kwenda na sisi at least to see how Casablanca iko coz yeye husikia tuu. Mimi nikajua hii ni vako ya kunichunga.
Casablanca tunameza one two madem wakipita wakijimarket. Ngâombe saa hio imenikwamilia kwa mkono to mark her territory. Sasa kwa hio harakati, dame flani akapita hapo akijimarket. Si mfupi na si mrefu. Na tako si tako. Nikasikia stima imepita kwa deki na imesimama once. Ni kama sijui nyap na deki zilikuwa na Bluetooth. Nikasema huyu leo lazima. Tunameza lakini flirting na yeye inaendelea kiplan. Colleague wangu anaitwa Mato nikamwambia asichukue dem, angojee tukirudi kwa guest house, ajifanye ni mgonjwa ndio tumpeleke hosi. Hio siku tulitoka Casablanca saa tisa ya usiku. Kufika kwa guest house, Mato akaanza kuwika anaumwa na tumbo. Mimi nikambia hii ngâombe yangu iingie kwa room nipeleke Mato kwa hosi nakam. Yeye kuingia, sisi mbio hadi Casablanca. Ule dem(Mercy) aliponiona, alikuja mbio kwenye nilikuwa. Negotiations faster faster akasema kulala ni thao. Mato pia akajipanga na wake.
Wasikilizaji, sikumbuki nikikula kitu ingine tamu kama hio Mombasa ever. Mercy alikuwa anakushika na miguu hutokii. Nyap wet and tight kweli. Nilikula hadi 530am ndio nikaenda kwa hiyo room ingine ilikuwa na yule ngâombe saa hio mercy ameniambia nirudie morning glory. By 7am, I was up nikaendea my morning glory before setting off to Malindi.
PS. MERCY is a Kikuyu. Though wakikuyu hawajui game, wanakuwanga mtaro na usually ni maji maji, this one was in a class of its own. Once amenitembelea Nairobi for old times sake na hakunilipisha hata ndururu. For some strange reasons, we ended up being like family to an extent I started treating her like a sister. Nikienda Coast, I would check on her just to know how she is fairing. She was there during the birth of my daughter. I introduced her to my wife in hospital as a very good friend. She is now happily married to a French man with a kid.