TBT Hekaya. Late 80s Early 90s

“Haya haya, karibieni nyote kwa mchezo mzuri, mchezo wa nguvu chakachua Ngoma ya Wazee, huu ni mchezo wa pesa mchezo wa raha”. This is how we used to start the Pata potea game in various towns after spreading our new sportsman box. Don’t know why we were superstitious but the box and the cards had to be new everyday.

The crew was usually made up of four, The one spinning the cards otherwise known as Dereva, two assistants who were always lucky coz they always won, they were known as Mvery coz they used to peep into peoples pockets and verify if theres money or not and lastly there was a kisuguu, his duty was to look out for kina Pamba na wenzake, once sigted he would intercept and sort them out before they spoiled the game. We were a team, a well oiled machine. Anyone could hold any position depending on the kind of luck on any particular day. Kama wewe dereva umekaa hapo ukiwika for 20 minutes nahaujakata kitu lazima deree mwingine aingie kwa sukani.

Chakachua ngoma ya wazee ni mchezo wa karata tatu, mbili zafanana na moja tofauti, kazi yako wewe umekaribia pale mchezo uko ni kutambua the different card.

“Fungueni macho vizuri na kaa macho yako sio nzuri tumia carrots, card ya kushinda ndio hii naiweka chini pole pole, hii haishindi nah ii haishindi, card changanya card terema card zunguka, nani atanionyesha card ya ushindi nimpe pesa”

Card zaanguswa polepole kila mtu akiona na unaulizwa nigani yakushinda, Mvery mmoja deliberately anakosea nawewe kwa tamaa yako unasema umeona iko wapi, deree hana budi ila akupe note ya tenga, and then he asks you if you have your own 1k note, nawewe kwa sababu ya tamaa ya pesa ya haraka you produce it very fast, all the time the mveries are looking at how much you have alafu kaa uko loaded the mvery would say “behewa” guess you know what a behewa is, yes you got it , it’s a railway wagon for carrying goods.

Once the driver got that sign the stakes would be raised from 1k to 20k, ata card inafunguliwa uone ndio hio and your greed would take over, ukitoa pesa, (and mind you, the driver doesn’t have 20k) dereva anacheza karata tena na kadi yakushinda inanguswa na magicians trick inakua sio ile unafikiria.
(part 2 coming up after xmass):D:D:D:D

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X-mas iko mbali bro. Malizia story.

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maliza hekaya bana tusiibiwe pesa ya xmas tuki double na triple

coming up bro, duty called and i had to rush.

hao ugonga mafala wametoka ocha wameingia nairobi juzi e.g ile siku Lichoti alitoka Kamkuywa akaja Kayole

Hehehehe, Waliokuwa wenzako wamefungwa jela six months just 3 weeks ago, we are getting rid of free loaders off the streets of Nairobi.

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ata maoriji wa Nairobi kaa wewe, Here its greed at work

hehehehe, check the dates, we moved on long time ago, ata @Mzee mzima hakua amezaliwa nikitoka hio field

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Finally umekubali unaishi kayole hivi hivi

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Hii mambo ya kupatia watu kionjo haileti shangwe.

Waliokuwa @Meria Mata.

We used to coax you and ask you to think what you will do with the money won ili uwekelee pesa kwa card, once your money was down dereva anaichukua anakwambia fungua card, guess you all know, the hse always wins, some people jst left quietly na wengine ni kuzusha, lakini unaletea nani, ata uende kwa kina pamba wanakucheka tu na the following day wakija wanadai pesa mingi.

Lakini kunawatu wakuongea vipoa wanapewa fare yakurudi home na kaa ni dame anakamuliwa dryfry kwanza alafy fare baadaye, namadame ndio walikuwa wengi.

Wakati watu walirukia mambo ya karat asana we evolved, we came up with kibiriti tatu ya mishale, hehehehe, hii kibiriti ilikua noma, sijui kaa bado iko. Mishale zote zilikua nusu, unafunguliwa kidogo tu for a peek unaona mishale then you place your sure bet, ole wako, you were left wondering where the mishale went unaona sisi ni magicians, tunakwambia wewe umerogwa uko na nuks kuruka, we would make you do all sorts of things like a cartoon and finally to be cleansed we told you to go home to the nearest river and take a dump, then the nuks would leave you.

Finally in 2002 just before the multi party elections, I moved on,

As we sign off here HEKAYA FOR ANOTHER DAY

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weka stori yote bana

wamatha huonyeshwa moto most.
mmatha anapiga duru but ata bob hawezi rudishiwa!

Two unfinished hekayas in one thread. Wakini,I refuse to be your assistant @Meria Mata

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HEhehe…reminds me of boy wangu alishinda io game jioni jioni. This was in Nanyuki. They were two of them. So niccurs decided to go home immediately ata after kupressiwa na dereva wacheze game ingine. Off they went, wakijiambia wameweza maboy wa karata. Magwiji wanatembea polepole tu, kumbe Mvery mbili as you call them walifuata maboy na cheki maneno. Mwanaume kuona zinafuatwa, zikaongeza mbio. Wale Mvery wakawafikia, boy alishinda aliwekwa slap akaanguka chini. Mvery kushuka cheki maneno ni mahot slap na masweep, wakachukua pesa yao na kurudi job.

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DO1 LEO UANZISHE SACCO MAPEMA

Hehehehe hao wa Nanyuki ni extreme.

ok waiting…

what would you expect from @Carbon