A YOUNG KENYAN'S DIARY

 There's a kind of torture that comes with waiting. Anticipation may be akin to a slow acting lethal injection in some cases. You slowly start to see blurred images and hear slurred words. A descent from clear and explicit visions to darkness. Curse our reward systems for always thinking the longer the wait the greater the reward. We believe and have made systems incorporating compounding but fail to acknowledge that not only good things compound. Sometimes we amass so much negative emotions thoughts and world views that they become an integral part of our being. I'll use an example I once saw in a book about Kenyans. We've all been in a matatu that is overcrowded, the discomfort, heat and smell make for a terrible commute hence the popularity of SACCOs that prioritize order and comfort like Supermetro. If you're in the aforementioned matatu and raise a complaint about the scenario you might be met by a rebuttal such as "Si ungenunua gari" from a tout or as a ...