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We will heal in heaven; A luopean tale

So the human resource assistant lady, Latifa was invited for lunch by the new Kenyan highways' engineer at site. He is soft spoken and the real definition of a gentleman. Or so, ladies think. Being a Kenyan myself, I am not buying that. He is a brother from the lakeside and I know how those can be. I have actually loved and been loved by such like characters and let me tell you Maina, I still fall for the lies. We shall rest in heaven😂.

Anyway, a week after the JaKisumo joined the company, ladies used to flock his office to 'say hallo' and 'welcome' him to the 255. I know Kenyan women don't give such kind of attention to men they are interested in, and even if they do, it is somewhat suddle. In swahili nation however, the women are naturally welcoming and have good manners- instilled from a very young age. Some of which has rubbed on me. Read the word 'some' in bold so we don't get mixed up when I return. Anyway, on the day that Latifa got asked out, the engineer had been in the office throught the day, making work plans for the following week. I had gone to the office to hang out with jahome during lunch break. The number of packed lunches I witnessed being brought to his office were quite unexpected.

"Kwani how many women did you send to bring you food?" I asked.

"None. Welcome to my life." He said.

"You need to be careful and pick one for a start, they will reduce gradually."

"Pick what? And I do not need them to reduce baby girl, I am getting free food and all the attention I need. The more, the merrier. Let me show these princesses a good time bwana."

Source:jll.de

The part about 'princess treatment ' and 'good time' took me back to a time in my life when I told myself I wouldn't date a man if he wasn't from the lakeside. But what did I know? I wanted these ladies to also feel the same way but I wasn't sure they would take the shocks that came with the 'babygal treatment.' Man, Kenyan women who date Luo men are so strong.

Out of all the food that was brought, Latifa's was the sweetest so we decided that she would go first. And like a good gentleman, the engineer asked her out discreetly and in a respectful way when she came in to take her hotpot and wish him a good rest of the day. Yes, they are that nice. I could see her ear-to-ear smile and 'macho ya aibu' as she left the office. Did I mention that in construction sites there are no secrets? By the end of the day everyone was talking about it. Many of them even started calling me 'wifi'- as in sister-in-law.

The engineer was a perfect gentleman during their date, he even gave her Tshs 30,000 for her hair at the end of the evening and man, did he mess up? Latifa became obsessed. She even asked other girls to stop bringing food to 'her man' because they were 'showing desperation.' But the engineer somehow wasn't cut up in all the drama. In fact, he respectfully asked her to not talk about non-work issues when at the site and let other girls be as they were just 'being nice.' She did- took a step back and decided to be the loving girlfriend who cleans and cooks and as part of the engineer's conditions, never spends more than 3 hours at his place. Reason? He is a busy man and needs 8 hours of sleep to be fully productive the next day.

Anyway, like I said, one Luo man is enough for five women. Or in this case eleven women. I stopped memorising faces of women who call me 'wifi' and just decided that I would respond nicely and talk about how my brother is thinking of settling in the 255. The surprising thing is, no matter how many times one wifi comes face-to-face with another wifi who she believes the engineer is cheating on her with, they always forgive and come back when he wants them to. And boy, don't I understand😂。Luo men are the goal, we will heal in heaven.

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2023 at 10:51 AM

    Sisi ndio tuko😂

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2023 at 11:20 AM

    Based on true story...with time am sharing the location and names inverted like Amuj Isokum

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