Over time, ukisaka mullah, grand mullah ndo uishi maisha grand, you find yourself in the truly eastern side of north eastern
You on some project or community initiative
Alshabab and other shiftas can go in and out of the country as soon as they dont see no popo
You could drive over a landmine, like it happened two three months ago
First dont drive too close to the vehicle next to you
Second, dont drive under 120kms per hour
if u observe that speed, when the front wheel steps on the mine, and the mine explodes after a fraction of a second, you would have passed.
Back in 2008, had taken a loan for a mitsubishi fuso 10 wheeler na loan ilikuwa inanisumbua mbaya. So this broker tells me kuna NGO goods from Nairobi to Juba n they are paying 400k. After some quick maths deducting fuel+mileage nikaona i’ll make easy 200k.
Loaded office material ya Norwegian Church Aid at wilson airport then when my truck is about to leave, my driver tells me anaogopa Sudan. Left with no choice i had to go myself coz part of the money nilikuwa nimelipa loan.
To cut the long story short, the road from nimule to Juba had not been tarmacked n its when Kony alikuwa anasumbua watu N. Uganda. Kufika Nimule UN guys tell me to tafuta another route to Juba coz they were in the process of removing mines on the road.
Ilibidi nitoroke camp ya UN early morning coz my fuel couldn’t have taken me back to Uganda nipitie border ingine inaitwa ya kaya. Drove all the way to juba bila any problem. On reaching Juba everyone was shocked!
Thats when i realized there’s a difference between an anti tank mine and a kawaida land mine. The road was full of anti tank mines bt if my truck had heavier goods rather than 3tonne office material, i wouldn’t be alive sahii.