NAIROBI, KENYA
It is the capital city of Kenya and the city and it's surroundings form Nairobi County. It's name was derived from the masaa from the words "Enkare Nyrobi" meaning a place of cool waters. It's also known as "The city under the sun", it currently has a population of nine million.
The people living in Nairobi enjoys the mild climate through out the year and they never experience extremes. Here everyone adapts a certain lifestyle especially when you are stable enough. People wake up very early in the morning to go their bustles and hustles, at around 5am you may see school kids boarding their school bus, everyone is busy to get to their work place on time. The city dwellers really love themselves, you may smell some freshness all around in the morning hours as people walk around to board buses. Most people are smartly dressed and everyone is minding their own business.
The buses are hooting, hawkers are selling their items, here you can't expect a sorry when someone mistakenly knocks you, they have no time, if someone mistakenly steps on your shoe, just wipe it and continue with your walk.
Then there's this group that came to the city to do their illegal stuff to earn a living, the conmen. These people are all over, some convince people to play cards and win, popularly known as gambling. Some pretend that they're prophets, some pretend that they are lost. Some when you ask them for direction, they can make you get lost more. Just when you are in the city, it good to take caution and be very careful in all areas. When you are lost, opt for asking the watchmen for direction rather than asking a normal stranger.
In the evening, it's the rush hour, at times you find a long queue at the bus stage and you got no other option but to wait. And this the time hawkers are also busy selling and are on the run with the city council askaris because they are on the streets illegally. After choosing an item, just don't pay them cash that needs some change, they might run with your change when alerted that city council askaris are around. And these people really know how to survive in the city, they can play games with askaris as in there is a signal they normally get when askaris are around, that is why they just disappear all of them once at any time. When purchasing your stuff especially in the evening, be extra careful, you might end up with a shock, some have really taken advantage of coning their buyers.
But what i know is that everyone has ever been washed in the city, after experiencing such, it becomes an eye opener. Especially if you are fresh for the rural area since they know well how to differentiate between someone who has stayed and one who is fresh from the rural area.
The greatest advantage is that the city is full of opportunities and some people prefer to leave their rural areas for the city to try their best and make their lives and if lucky enough and city life welcomes you, you end up well. But at times, it's quite hard for some people but they just keep on trying. That's how life should be, keep on trying, never to quit until you time comes.
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