Juzi juzi nikiwa campus I had an opportunity to enroll on a work study program. ya kwanza nilifanya kaa cashier wa cafeteria pale chiromo. Hiyo job ilikuwa inaniokolea sana as a comrade ju mostly nilikuwa nahave all meals there ju job ilikuwa inaanza 8am-4pm jioni. Pesa nilikuwa nazo ilikuwa tu ya kushika mashash nikichoma maboiz pale hostel
Now this is the story, usually ukipata good recommendation from your Manager from your previous work station chances are unaeza itiwa job ingine and luckily enough time nilikuwa long holiday Jan 2019 I received a call from my bosses asking me if I can do a night shift custodian position. Being in ocha na kungangana na kulima Shamba, I saw that as an opportunity ya kutoka ushago na Ivo ndo nilirudi Nairobi rahisi.
Nakumbuka nilifikanga asubuhi kaa nimereport wera (Lower kabete school of business). First thing was that I had to go through some orientation with the help of a senior staff member. Nakumbuka bazenga anaitwa Peter ndo alikuwa on day shift saa Yee ndo alinifikisha maraundi kwa halls and that’s when I realized I will be in charge of women’s Hall. Weuuh kwanza hiyo sem ilikuwa ndo mafreshaa wa chiromo ndo wamejoin…and the way freshas are usually confused Mara alisahau key kwa room na roommate hajafika bado…, pia ilikuwa nafaa kumonitor those cooking inside the room ju it was prohibited. Lower kabete hosts students from school of law, School of business, and school of biological sciences so majority of them commute to and fro na bus huwa inatoka as early as 6 am to avoid jam pale Westlands na ya pale upper hill ju bus ikifika main campus inapick wale wanaenda KNH.
So one evening while on duty a young light skinned innocent looking lady came to the office then akauliza “where is the custodian?”…nikamwambia it’s me…she couldn’t accept, custodian are suppose to be big fully grown men wenye wamevalia oversize jackets and with a big flashlight torches on the table…mii pale nilikuwa kwa YouTube huku kando yangu Kuna coil Inachemsha indomies…but I told her seriously it’s me so I asked her what’s the issue akasema alikuwa akiomba usaidizi ati key imekataa kufungua mlango na roommates wengine wako ndani ya room since morning. So to let her know am in charge…mii pale nikacheck the safe box were extra keys for every room are kept but kuitafuta, haipatikani… but this lady it’s like alikuwa anajua their extra key haiko and now she tells me she knows of a colleague in another hall with a similar key Kama yao na inaeza fungua…eeh manze nilishindwa aje sasa …so mdem akaniambia if we can go and get it…now that I just looked like them(students) in age size and shape, I had to put on a apron so that atleast nikae Kama custodian…hivo hivo tukafika block H with her tukapata maboiz wanashikilia kdf,they looked tired broke na manjaa mingi. So nikawachapia situation ya huyo mrembo and good enough wakatupea their key then tukarudi hivo Kilimanjaro Hall where the lady pirates from. Nilijaribu kufungua mlango but ilikuwa ngumu but the lady akadai anajua how to twist and open na kumpea key hivi she just opened it with the first twist. Manze ndani kulikuwa na madem watatu na beds ziko ndani ni mbili, meaning they shared the beds which is against the school rules on accomodations. Kwa meza kulikuwa kumejaa empty Ginger biscuit packets… they at first looked troubled but as soon as they saw it was a young man with a fuck-boy hairstyle like… wakaacha tension and turned on the music but I made sure kuwa mkali na directly nikawauliza "who are these pirating here…hii room is suppose to host only two of you…to be continued PART 2