A bodaboda rider ferrying a customer. The operators have some of the hilarious stories while waiting for customers. [Photo: standard]
On January 10, a group of bodaboda riders left my ribs hurting after regaling me with a series of rib cracking stories on life.
It was the best laugh I have had since 2018 checked in.
As I was about to pick a mat from the village and head back to town, a group of riders called me.
Actually, many of them are my buddies we grew up together in the village.
They told me that there was something they needed advise on; shifta or no shifta? they asked me.
I didn't understand their word. I had to first be introduced to lugha ya mtaa maze!
Apparently, shifta is a slang reffering to a child born out of wedlock, more so a boy.
Three among them are cohabiting each with a woman who has a kid or two 'born out of wedlock'. I mean, they are not the biological fathers of the children.
They told me the two of the women have a kid each and the other has two boys, twins!
Whose case is worse? they asked me
Not wanting to hurt anyone, I went mum.
They told me the three had changed their mind because they have realised they are feeding 'boys from other men'.
"And what is wrong with that?" I asked
"Don't you think the boys will beat me later in life?" the one whose lover has twins asked.
"No way, it depends with how you live with them. In fact they might just end up helping you in your old age because you took good care of them," I said.
"No way . . . there is no way I will raise a shifta, nooo, he will beat me when I grow old," another shouted.
The whole group burst into a hearty laughter.
Poff, I decided to jump into a mat and leave the debate.
I didn't know bodaboda guys are so funny until I bumped into these guys.
Happy 2018 to jeshi ya nduthii!!!