Thursday, June 18, 2009

Conversation with Vendor



I was buying veggies from a vendor yesterday and we had this conversation.
 
Me: Prices are going up every day what's up
 
Vendor: That is why we are not getting married
 
Me:ooh, why is that?
 
Vendor: Now, the last time i bought maize flour it was Fifty shillings, how much is it now, you might know yourself.
 
Honestly i don't do shopping
When i don't know something, i just smile
 
Vendor: Wacha mtu akae kwao na mimi nikae kwetu, tuonane Sunday and then we can pretend to be married
 
Vendor: Can you imagine the way life is hard, what if i have to take a child to school, the cheapest is 3k, Si nitakufa?
 
Me: You can't die, you just pray to God to provide
 
Vendor: If God was among us, i could go direct to him...you know but now i don't even know where He is
 
At that point i laughed, paid and left.

4 comments:

  1. Lol. Great conversation. I have had one or two in the same vein with a few people- mostly how expensive it is to have children ! Look forward to more from you

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  2. A typical international school in this country charges around 200-350k per term for a day scholar. Some boarders pay 600K+. And every day you see those buses full.

    Kenya is fast becoming a land of extreme disparities.

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  3. The disparities btwn the rich and the poor is so extreme such that one may think there are two countries called kenya......very sad

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  4. Nice blog.Life is getting harder day by day.At the moment don't know where we are heading to. God have mercy on us.

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