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Stupid Matatu Strike!!! Or why cdooh needs a car…

So it’s about 10.30 in the morning and I’m only just sitting up in bed to write this quick post. The first I usually do when I wake up in the morning is grab my phone and check what’s up online, you know twitter, fb and my blog feeds. I usually do this from underneath the bed covers especially on a day like today when I’m not really in a rush to go anywhere.

[image from pctechmag.co.ke]

So a few thing’s hit me this morning. First North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-il, has died of heart related complications. A sad day for that country and the entire neighbouring region as well. It’s sad for the country because that it has lost its leader, the visible head and voice of the country. Of course he didn’t run every single detail by himself but the way I’ve heard it told he was very powerful, clever and ruthless. I’m sure his people will mourn deeply for him. It’s a sad day for the region because without him no one is entirely sure what happens to North Korean. His son, Kim Jong-un, is supposed to take over but who knows how that politics of that secretive nation will play out? Also this means that control of the country’s nukes is up in the air and no one knows what the next leader will do to demonstrate his strength to his people and the world. South Korea and Japan are on high alert.
The other thing that hit me, that has a very direct effect on my life is that our public service vehicles are striking. Apparently they’re doing this because of the continuing rise in the cost of everything. They want to blackmail the government in to regulating the cost of petroleum downwards and this will have a trickledown effect on the rest of the economy. Away from the dangers of having the government regulating things and whether this will work or not, do these striking idiots realize just how much they’re putting me at a disadvantage?
Now I’m still young enough that most of my costs are covered by my parents so the state of the economy does not have a direct impact on me until it gets so bad I don’t see my next meal on the table or can’t go to school. But this strikeā€¦I’ve only just gotten to Nairobi city. I have a bunch of people I want to see before I have to go back to the country house. The only way available to me currently is by public means. This strike means that I’ll be stuck at home. All the plans I had already made will have to be cancelled!! Also it means that I’ll be dying of boredom as soon as afternoon reaches!
What do these strikers think they’re doing messing up my holiday? They need to get back on the road so I can have the means to get where I need to go!! I mean now I can’t go get that slushy I’ve been dreaming about for the last 5 months. I can’t go shopping for the shoes I promised my brother. And by far the worst thing you guys are doing is keeping me from going to see my mother!!! That above puts me in such a temper.
I don’t need to remind anyone that the people they’re hoping to blackmail with this action all have tinted vehicles and their kids have drivers to take them around, they don’t care about you!! After all when was the last time industrial action with such vague demands work? When I get a car you can go back to striking all you want I won’t need or care about you then. But for now GET BACK TO WORK, IDIOTS!!!! Peace.