Skip to main content

Only in Kenya

I think some things are unique to our country especially on the road.
  1. You find policemen controlling traffic where the traffic lights are working perfectly well.
  2. A policeman, tells cars from all directions in a round about to join in at the same time. It happened to me today, the policeman was telling us to move yet there were vehicles coming from the other direction,so you squeeze your way through.
  3. You find buses overtaking cars from the wrong lane in traffic on a hill.Last week Friday, we were stuck in traffic for a while on Valley road. Believe it or not some buses were using the downhill lane to overtake,yet there were oncoming vehicles which were forced to use a single lane. When I told the policeman at the roundabout, he said in a non convincing tone that he would check on it, which I doubt he did.
  4. Only in Kenya is one stopped by a policeman and refuses to stop. On Friday, there was a lot of traffic. When we got to the roundabout of Silver Springs, some vehicles did not want to make the full circle and hence decided to  drive across the roundabout to avoid traffic.  A certain  Golf  car came and decided to pull the same stunt while a policeman was  frantically trying to tell him to reverse and use the right way .But  that drive was determined and he continued to drive, yet there was traffic so he couldn't get away. He actually threatened to run over the policeman. Another policeman joined his colleague and only then did the Golf stop and I wondered, surely how far did that driver think he would go?
  5. Only in our lovely country are you instructed by the police to reverse in a roundabout and even when you are on the correct lane like at the Museum Hill  roundabout, you are punished and instructed to go up Waiyaki way and come down to proceed with your journey.
 It would be nice to hear the weird things you have observed on our roads.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Journey with Caleb's Family

A friend requested me to share my story on the journey we walked with Caleb's family. So below is a very long blog on that over 1 month. Am not sure what is in store for us ahead but this far it has been God. After our experience with Atrial Septal Defect(ASD) through our daughter Samara, I felt within me a call to look for people to partner with regarding kids with heart issues. So In January this year, I checked the net and bumped into a local NGO. The organization basically deals with kids with heart defects from poor families. I thought it was a noble call and contacted the organization. They were fast to respond and I visited them alone and over the weekend on a Saturday with my family. On the Saturday we went, we met Caleb and his parents. This was end of January and they were discussing with the founder of the organization about how to raise airfare for them to travel to India, first week of February. I held Caleb briefly in my arms and his mum kept saying one day her...
7 comments
Read more

Day 2

 After receiving news of death of a loved one, as one is grieving there are many things to be done regarding burial:where to bury, when to bury and how to bury. In Africa, relatives and the community start trickling in to comfort the family.  When a baby dies sometimes the family may have to decide whether to bury or allow hospital to do so.Sometimes the family may not know what to do or may just feel overwhelmed. Either way it's emotionally draining to make such decisions. I kept negotiating in my mind, this was not the plan, we were to take Jaden home not look for a funeral home andsite to bury him. Our family and friends supported us by accompanying us to hospital, pay bills, transfer baby to funeral home and assisted Alex in processing documents. They helped ask questions, ensure things were handled in a proper way. We never felt alone.  It is kind of the community to come visit the bereaved,it assures them of the love and support. Sometimes it can be overwhelming but...
Post a Comment
Read more

Househelps

This morning as we drove to work, we tuned into a radio station that had an interesting discussion...yeah you guessed it, it was on househelps.The background was that there is a lady who has helped develop a curriculum for domestic workers in Kenya and the emphasis is on respecting oneself, good grooming, respecting the job one is doing etc. She was encouraging all employers to enrol their domestic workers for the curriculum but many were hesitant stating that they would invest much in the househelps then after a few weeks/days the girls would leave..but she said if all homes trained the domestic workers then whenever they left, then you would receive one who is trained as everyone has played their role. The morning show had 2 male presenters, and two ladies and what caused a stir was that the men asked one lady.." whether she would employ a househelp who was prettier than her? "Would you employ one who's esteem is high and dresses well if you were married" . The l...
4 comments
Read more