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| Many townsfolk usually sneak back under the cover of darkness hastily and unnoticed. (Photo/depositphotos.com) |
Finally the festive season craze is over and it is now time for everyone to be rewarded accordingly, now that the much-loathed, 'discipline master' Mr 'Njaanuary' has knocked in.
Take it or leave it, 'Njaanuary' will and must deal with you based on the 'love' you showed to its fellow sister, December, during the festive season. The more 'romantic' you were to December financially, the more Mr 'Njaanuary' shall be hard, dry and lengthy for you.
Take for instance, the town folks whom with all their past experiences of travelling upcountry for the holidays and the nasty financial aftermath that comes with it, still decided to put back their fingers at the very place they have always been bitten. Well, it is payback time folks!
While not wanting to sound like I am demonizing the town dwellers who opted to travel home and spend cool times with their rural relatives during the festivities, the costly aftermath that comes with it, makes those who were left behind to 'guard' the town look like economic and financial geniuses. But why, you ask?
After every December festive season, if you are a keen observer, you may have realised that many town folks usually sneak back under the cover of darkness hastily and unnoticed as opposed to the royally and gaily entry they make to the village when coming home for the same. Below we try and explain this phenomenon.
1. They are usually as broke as a church mouse
With only bus fare left in the majority of these 'fellas' pockets after lavish spending in the village, they do not want anyone to see them and may be request them to leave something 'small' for them now that 'unarudi kwa pesa'.
It is tantamount to blasphemy as deducting a single coin from the pocket would turn the town journey into a nightmare.
2. They do not want to be seen dragging heavy and soily sacks bearing all manner of farm produce
Many town folks while at the village, like to create an impression that they feed on special diets made at high-end restaurants in town. As such, seeing them with soil-stained bags bearing the very things they pretend not to like eating while at the village, would be embarrassing. Nightly travels, therefore, becomes the best option.
Of course, you can guess rightly why they have to carry to town these bags with things enough to last them for until God knows when.
3. To avoid attracting attention in their town neighborhoods
Many do not want to be seen by fellow town folks who refused to travel to the village. After transporting the heavy, soil-stained bags all the way from the village, they want to avoid being seen entering the plot and be asked to share the selfishly-guarded contents.
They are like, "don't these people know that the contents of this sack will be my lifeline till after the 90-day-long Njaanuary?"
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Hivisasa.com by the same author on 02/01/2020.