Am back. Picture this.
You get into an altercation with Kanju askaris and you find yourself spending a night in a police cell. Friendly cops you know including a DOCS can not help you sababu wewe ni mtu wa kanju.
The following day you are before a county court judge who lets you off with a 30K cash bail. And a date with her in a month’s time.
In the court’s holding cells you meet characters from Shimo la Tewa who are too willing to get to know you because they think you can not raise the bail amount. This is because there are guys destined to Shimo coz they could not raise a two thousand shillings fine. The same guys had no qualms preparing sausage like packages of roaster cigarettes which they inserted up their sewage tracts with no shame “ukienda Shimo dini waiacha kwa gate” one white kanzu clad guy said. He had six packages up his anus. It was embarrassing to watch but we did with embarrassed fascination.
With all the stories these guys had,from how they make alcohol from potatoes and bread,to one filterless cigarette costing fifty bob and being equal to one weeks rice ration,one thing stood out. Prisoners have a healthy fear of women and small girls.
They told of guys who are in jail coz the patted a woman’s shoulder and she screamed rape. One guy said,“ukiona mtoto wa kischana,hata kama amepotea njia,bro,wachana na yeye”
The lessons I learnt between Sunday night and Monday evening will live with me for the rest of my life.
Mbica sina. Ningepiga receipt ya cash bail picha lakini bibi ameikwamilia…
Mimi nimefungwa twice. MCSK walinishika na local music kwa computer nikatupwa ndani. After kutoka hata mwezi haikuisha I was back in the cell, this time my accuser was my county government. I totally forgot to renew my business licence. I agree with you @le scumbag wafungwa huwa na mambo mingi. the stories you get in there open your eyes
I have been in the police cells thrice, first time I was doing my K.c.s.e, second time traffic cops in Bungoma and third time traffic cops in Nairobi, huko ndani hakuna Bingwa.
Thank you all. A small issue of forgetting to renew a business license got me locked up.
And something else. The Shimo guys know for real that the government is facing a cash crunch. They talked of having two main meal a day instead of the usual three,breakfast n dinner that is usually taken at around 6pm…ukichelewa that’s it. No dinner for you.
I got arrested for stepping on a railway line.Policeman asks for a 2k bribe sikuwa nayo I only had 500 alikataa kurushwa ndani alafu cell iko backyard ya station so natembea na socks tupu tu kama mwendawazimu.
Graffiti nazo zilikuwa kali ati
“Odhis says f**k the police” and many other expletives.
Uzuri I was all alone.
Upon being released policeman says:
“Boss usijali ni job tu no hard feelings sawa?” While giving me a handshake.
He said that they mash up the raw potatoes,put them in a jerrican and add bread pieces to aid fermentation,then its strategically placed in a place where it catches the sun. A cup goes for a hundred bob. A five litre jerrican for fifteen hundred bob. Consequently,potatoes and bread are illegal at the Shimo La Tews prison. At least that’s what he told us
Mimi niliwai shikwa 6pm nikipita hapo nje ya ka police post mtaani. Makosa yangu ilikuwa kukosa kusimama saile flag ya karao ikiteremshwa. Nilikuwa juu ya ma.headphone sikuskia firimbi ikilia. Nilifanyishwa ma jobs za kifala that evening na the following day nikaachiliwa jioni.