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| Its them man :-) |
This cramped up room in a Muva house somewhere in Kabalagala! Incidentally this place is noted for housing mostly Kenyan campus girls, and we were there making noise in the corridors for the room was too small to fit us all. There was this large table and a small TV these were good enough to keep us occupied. This is where I first saw her.
The Man OPP, was visibly taken up by lady Chi, quite talkative but more like in charge of the entire room, - I thought - okay may be she has potential, having known OPP for about 16 years now I wondered whether he was in for a ride being the kind of person he is – extremely polite and kind and ready to take up any responsibilities or even expenses at all times. It was not to be a one sided-affair for lady Chichi started paying us visits and joining us on various social missions. She made us eat well and become more responsible for our actions she taught us a new world!
She became part of the team, she made us laugh and we accepted her. We made friends and OPP became a proud, and a happy man and finally cut his hair a bit more, from the extra long and even once treated much earlier in the day…… He was evidently getting closer and closer to saying it to her ….. We also got closer to her friends, it became one big “manyake” affair but only OPP seemed to be focused on the ball.
I remember the day we swarmed off to the coastal town of Mombasa, half filling the Kenyan plane and chatting away like students in a school bus! The time had come to visit Chichi’s home, now Chichi can mean to have a pinch of arrogance ;-) and that makes her sometimes quite difficult to decipher, however Dad and Mum were kind and visibly excited for the blessings of a good man :-)! They thought to themselves, for these people to come from across the lands in large numbers must make him a good one…......
Over 45 people came only for just one of their daughters! We, of course made merry, had lots of food at Chi’s home, that night we went out to North coast and danced all the food away at Bobs and finally Tembo’s – some even experimented on the famous poles…., The next day we went site seeing with our new friends, visited the ocean front – meeting Danny too, who had apparently made up his mind on the one love too, we visited Fort Jesus, South Coast and the rest of clubs.
At Mofat a small resort we joked away and tried to outsmart each other in various exploits around Mombasa till we finally became the “M Crew” OPP had been approved and the Speaker was ecstatic for his long time solo man had gone down. Then without warning Chichi introduced me to one great person who has long become a life time friend very special indeed was this visit… Then is when I concluded that Chi was very excited to be in love with OPP a man of all. All the way from Paidha via Pakwach, Karuma, Kampala, Jinja, Busia (Well done), Nairobi to Mombawu....
The return was filled with joy happiness of accomplishment of a mission, but also of an official beginning of a romance that would stand the test of time. Many of the “M Crew” members returned thereafter and made decisions, they discovered the value of one verses many and are following suit day by day….
The D-day would happen in Kampala, it happened today three years ago – HAPPY ANNIVERSERY MY PIPO
