Tales of Nairobi women’s encounter with city ‘mad men’
By MWENDE KASUJJAA group of women in Nairobi have shared their horrific encounters with the mad men roaming in the city streets.
The women were commenting to a post of a woman who was chased by a mad man after she looked at him straight in the eyes.
She had to seek refuge at a shop and stayed inside until the guards ensured the mad man had left.
In her narration she warned women never to look at mad men straight in the eyes as they will start following and consequently run after them.
One other woman recounted, “I was on phone when a mad man followed me insisting to check if it was a ‘Motorolla’ I was scared stiff thanks to some guys who interrupted him.”
SHARING GOODIES
Another added, “Mimi slaps nishawai pewa wacha tuu, twaa twaa twaa tatu zikifwatana, whenever i see a mad man/woman I will run like nobody’s business.”
“Mwingine chased me akisema I was his wife nikatoroka na ni tao, hio hata I can’t narrate gives me goosebumps of the year,” wrote another woman.
“I used get chased by one when I was in school… it was wahalla and tiring too. He’d wait for me at a certain corner and give me a real wild goose chase… One day I was too tired I decided na liwe liwalo. What can he do to a school girl anyway? Turned out the paperbag he always waved at me had “goodies” and all he wanted was to share with me. Aki nilikuwa napokea biskuti na pilau za kurokotwa… Nikiogopa kukataa anikimbize ssn 2,” a woman narrated.
“A mad man squeezed my ‘melons’ nikiwa stage Hunters, Kasarani waiting for a mat aibu gani, hata I didn’t see him coming nikistukia zimefinywa. Another one in town slapped my small butt huyo nilimweka kofi ya kimataifa,” wrote another.
EXPERIENCES
“??? waah my experience is a mad lady visited my home four times insulting me that I stole her husband and that home belongs to her. Ewoooo,” narrated another woman.
“Some mad guy used to love me kitambo. He used to escort me to the bus stop Mutindwa, Buruburu every morning. So one day he saw me in a company of the guy in my life then he told me ‘you are intentionally stupid.’ That’s the l last I saw of him,” wrote another.
“At shags I was working at soft drinks outlet. On my way from work jioni hapo tu kwa soko and it was a market day, a mad man attacked me with his walking stick, akaninyorosha vizuuurii eti I refused to get married to his son Kinyua (I have never dated a Kinyua) watu wa soko came to my rescue after maduru niliachilia,” another narrated.
“In town walking with a colleague, we met with a madman drinking milk hizi packets za karatasi… Tukapita tu vizuuri, n guess what, the mad man turned n poured all the milk on my back n it was lunch time hapo river road after rounda ya koja… Saa hii nikiona mad man i run for mh dear life hata kama niko katikati ya watu,” wrote another.