Nairobi haana kundifadza, haana kufadza chero chinhu. Kunyangwe iyo sediment haina kunakidza yakagara. Tarisa uye mukuru, pano hazvisi izvo. Mitengo inoumbwa zvakajeka, uye kuti vashanyi havangoonekwe pachena. Guta rakakura uye kana chikamu chayo chakakura zvichiripo neguta rakajairika rehurumende, ipapo kunze kweiyo slums neye slums ichiri iyo yekuwedzera, iyo yandakakurudzirwa nechikamu. MuNairobi, ndakadhonza mumwe wangu sibli, iye waakadzikamwiswa naye katatu. Ehe, rwendo runogona kunge rwakanyanya kukanganiswa uye varaidzo yakanakisa munzvimbo ino.
Pamusoro peiyo mamiriro ese emamiriro ekunze, ini ndakanga ndisingade chokwadi chekuti zvinenge zvese uye kwese kwese, takanga takamirira matipi kubva kwatiri. Sezvandazotevera ndakatsanangura kuti muKenya, izvi zvinonyangadza. Semuenzaniso, itsika kuti ubve kunze kweTip maperekedzi anoshanda kuairport kana muhotera, muhuwandu hwedhora rimwe chete pane colugar. Vatyairi uye vatyairi pane rwendo, siya kanokwana madhora mashanu kubva kumunhu mumwe. Mumaresitorendi, matipi anogadzira gumi muzana yemutengo weiyo yese kurongeka. Maids kuhotera, matipi anokurudzirwawo zvakanyanya uye kumirira vashanyi varombo, kurudziro diki yedhora rimwe.
Newe unogara uchifanira kunge uine, rega mari shoma, asi mari. Muzvingombe zvakawanda, makadhi echikwereti anogamuchirwa, asi ivo vanobhadhara masikati mune yekudya kwemepu yemepu, iwe uchangotadza. Paavhareji, mari haifanire kunge isiri mazana mana emadhora. Ini nemurume wangu takatora mazana mashanu uye isu takakwana nemisoro yedu. Kwekudya kwemasikati asi munhu mumwe chete ari kudhura madhora gumi nemashanu, uye anokurudzirwa midziyo, akadai seyakafanana nemifananidzo uye mabundu emidziyo, anodhura kwemadhora makumi maviri.
Kugara pane safari, vatori vechikamu havabvumirwe, zvimwe zvakadaro, zvinorambidzwa kwazvo kuenda kupfuura miganho yemusasa isina kuperekedza dziviriro. Hazvina kukodzera kushamisika kuti izvo zvinodikanwa kuziva njodzi iyo mhuka dzesango dzinomiriridza. Zvakare, panguva yeiyo safari pachayo, hazvigoneke kusiya mota pasina kuwana mvumo yemuromo kubva kunhungamiro. Rangarira kuti kuvhima kunorambidzwa muKenya, kunyangwe pamhuka dzinopemberera, uye avo vakatyora mutemo uyu vachapedzwa, asi sekusungwa kwakanyanya.
Nairobi haina kugamuchirwa kuti ufambe manheru uye atove hafu yemanheru, zvakafanira kuve mukamuri rekurenda, nekuti nomwe manheru manheru, iro guta riripo, uye nekudaro vasina kuchengetedzeka. Kwese kwaunenge uripo, iwe unofanirwa kutevera muhomwe dzako uye nezvemukati mavo, kunyanya kana iwe ukasarudza kufamba mumigwagwa yeguta. Usakwezva kutarisa kune zvakawandisa zvishongo kana huwandu hukuru hwehunyanzvi hwekudhura muchimiro chemakamera uye makamera. Vazhinji vevagari vemo, vanhu varombo uye saka danho rekuba rakakwira zvakanyanya pano.
Kana iwe uchida kurenda mota, iwe unogona kuzviita pasina chero matambudziko, asi iwe unogona kufambisa pamusoro payo kutenderera guta, zvinodikanwa chete nemikova yakavharwa pane yemukati castle uye nemagirazi akasimudzwa. Unoziva here kuti nei? Kunyangwe akamira pachiedza chemotokari, unogona kukubira kuvhura gonhi remotokari. Ndakaudzwa kuti kunyangwe dambudziko rakadaro raizoitika, saka iwe unofanirwa kungozvidzikisira chikwama chako pamwe chete nezvose zvaari zvirimo uye nemunwe wako mune iyi nyaya haazobatanidzwe.
Kutora mifananidzo iyo Aborigine haigoni, kana paine kusawirirana kwavo. Izvo hazvigonewo kutora mifananidzo pane yakakura yeguta, kunyanya pedyo neMausoleum yeMutungamiri wekutanga wenyika.
Usaedze kushanyira dzimba dzevagari veko pasina gwara ririkuendeperekedza iwe. Vanhu vemunharaunda, kunyange vakanaka-vakanaka mune chimwe chinhu, asi sezviri kwese kune kunze pano.
Kufunga kudya mune cafe kana muresitorendi, ita chokwadi chekutsanangura huwandu hwezvinonhuwira. Cuisine yemunharaunda, zvakanyanya uye kana murume wangu achifara kudya chikafu chinorwadza, saka ini ndinoda kusavapo kwakazara kwekupinza kana kuvapo kushoma. Muzhinji, Kenya Cuisine inonaka kwazvo, kunyanya ndaifarira iyo Octopus ndiro uye turtle chowder. Zvibereko muresitorendi, unogona kudya usatya, asi kana ukavatenga pamusika, zvino zvakafanira kuzvibata zvakanyanya kugadzirisa. Kuti uve nechivimbo mukuchengetedzeka kwemichero yakatengwa, zvinodikanwa kuti uvanatse kubva kune imwe chete uye yakashambwa mumvura, izvo zvakambowedzera manganese kana vhiniga. Mvura kubva pasi peiyo tap, ini handipe zano kunwa. Kunyangwe kuyedza mvura yepakati, haina kukodzera. Zvekumwa, zvakanakisa kutenga mvura mumabhodhoro, hapana matambudziko pano.
Nezve kuchengeteka, matipi ari mwero wakakwana - usafambe usiku, usapfeka mari yakawanda uye zvichingodaro. Kana paine kudiwa kwekuenda uko, ihwo husiku, zvakanaka kushandisa tekisi inogona kuwanikwa muhotera. Mari uye zvishongo, zvekuvimbika kukuru, zvakanaka kuti ubve mune yakachengeteka inogona kubhadharwa muhotera imwe chete.
Kukurukurirana muNairobi, ndakafadzwa nemhando yangu. Iyo internet yakashanda nemazvo. Asi nefoni mbozha, matambudziko akamuka, sezvo munyika ino inoshanda nezvimwe zvinorambidzwa. Mune musimboti, hatina kukwanisa kudaidza munhu uye chokwadi ichi chaive chisina kushungurudzika. Nekudaro, kana pakarepo isu taizoda kudiwa kwekufona, saka izvi zvinogona kuitwa mune chero hofisi yeposvo. Nei iri mutsamba? Ehe, iwe unogona kufona kubva kufoni muhotera, asi mafoni kubva kune tsamba yakachipa zvakanyanya. Nenzira, manheru, pamwe neSvondo, mutero wekutaurirana kwenguva refu kunoderedzwa kaviri. Nhare mbozha, pasina kutya, kusacheka matambudziko kunogona kushandiswa zvakasununguka munzvimbo idzodzo uko pasina mukana wekubatana kwekubatana.
Ndozvandaida Kenya Kenya, saka izvi ndizvo zvaunogona kupfeka apa kune chero chinhu, chinhu chikuru ndechekuti zvaive nyore. PaSafari, pane zvavanogumira muhembe, asi zvakasikwa. Munguva yekufamba nenzvimbo dzakachengetedzwa, zvinodikanwa kusarudza zvipfeko zvakadaro izvo zvaizotadza zvakazara zvikamu zvese zvemuviri. Heti dzakafara kwazvo dzinogamuchirwa kwazvo. Iwe hauzozvidemba kana iwe ukapfeka zvakakwirira uye zvakasununguka shangu, zviri nani pakurevedza. Usakanganwa nezve kirimu kurwisa tan, nekuti zvinokwanisika kupisa pakarepo uye panguva imwe chete iwe hauzomboona kuratidzwa kushoma kwekupiswa kwezuva.