Conversation with Vendor
Thursday, June 18, 2009

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.

posted by Girl In the Meadow @ 8:19:00 AM,

At Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:03:00 AM, magaribina said...: 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
At Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:45:00 AM, mudskippah said...: 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.
At Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:38:00 AM, gay young kenyan said...: The disparities btwn the rich and the poor is so extreme such that one may think there are two countries called kenya......very sad