My Life in Majengo-Episode 2

mtaa — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:21:40 GMT

As technology keeps on advancing, people are getting lazier by the day and forgetting the values of hard work and sweat.We are turning to easy money which comes through different means. In Majengo alone, more than 700 youths have lost their lives in a period of ten years due to easy money. Many male youths in Majengo have chosen theft as their easy way out. Its true that its easy money but what about the risks? What about the sadness that you leave for your family when you head to meet your maker? There are a lot of things to be considered by those who seek easy money. Our girls are falling pregnant just because they want to get easy money. Some are dying due to Aids and other un talked about diseases in our community. At times people wonder if its a curse that people of Majengo fail to wake up from!!
We have refused to work hard and now we are the ones losing our lives. We die while committing horrible scenes in our streets. Each and every life in Majengo has been affected in one way or another. You hear people talking of how they lost their brother, husband, uncle and others in this line of easy money. For sure no one cursed us. No one did apart from ourselves. We have drawn all sorts of names for ourselves from all parts of the world. We have become a big shame in the region. We are mostly known for our negative side more than the positive one. This is Majengo, a place like no other in the world. That's why its said that a person from Majengo can survive anywhere on earth. We are humans by nature but Lions by heart.
In order to change our community we need to change the Ideology that has mentored into the brains of many among us. We say that there is no work!!! Surely, this is insane. Our hard work is what will provide work. We are a forgotten community in the face of the earth. No body cares if you die or live, no body cares if you are breathing or not. If we can't create employment then no9 one will create it for us. We are a nation on its own. There is a lot of work in our community. But because of our laziness, people from all walks of life in Kenya come to work in our community. Lets not blame others for what we caused ourselves. We have to work hard and struggle to get far.

My life in Majengo - Episode 1

mtaa — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:16:13 GMT

Life is such a long journey that has got many hurdles. In life, only the strong survive and I believe I am one of them. Am proud of my life, all that is left is for God to decide my fate at the Judgment day. I have lived in this small town known as Majengo ever since I was 10 years of age. Now am 21 with my birthday having passed recently. This is my experience in Majengo!!
In my eternity as a resident of Majengo, I have lost over 15 close friends within a span of 5 years. This is something that has made me even stronger than before. Whats funny is that all of these friends have died through theft incidents. I don't really know whether to call it bad luck or what! Am just too puzzled why they all had to die.
I am a humble, some quote me as shy but that's not the case. Its just that am Anti social with a good reason. A person who has seen 15 of his closest buddies go to the ground has a cold heart and normally doesn't blend in very well with the public. Its like am a public enemy.
I know you are wondering how I lost all of my 15 friends! Am I a gangster as well? The answer is a straight no! Am an IT specialist who has seen it all. Of course all of us have seen it all but under different circumstances and places. What you experienced is not what I experienced so there is no need of us arguing about who has seen it all. What matters is that you learned a valuable lesson through your own experience.
Everyday I hear somebody has been shot dead, I pray it’s not someone close to me. It hurts loosing those close and dear to you. At times I wish the killings would stop but this seems to be a fantasy. Majengo has made me a man and a true warrior. I would have called myself a Maasai warrior but am not, too bad.
Now am able to cop in whichever kind of situation on this God forsaken earth. Am able to stand up on my two feet and shout to the heights of the mountain because I have seen it all. I have lost friends and I know that this ain’t the beginning nor the end so I bare with it. Gun shots are normal to anyone who lives in Majengo. No one runs nowadays once they hear a shot coz they are used to it. I believe that everyone is a suspect in Majengo no matter what you do. All you have to ensure is that you are not caught in the wrong place at the wrong time for you to lose your dear life.
I am closing this short episode with a certain saying that I acquired from a certain Ghanaian Movie that I used to watch when I was still a child. It says "LIFE IS A TEACHER.THE MORE WE LIVE THE MORE WE LEARN"
Keep tuned to this blog to learn some more about all that I have gone through. I will be explaining all that I have gone through bit by bit so keep it locked right here. I would also love to read your own blogs and hear what you have to share. Please contribute.

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My Life in Majengo-Episode 2

My life in Majengo - Episode 1