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Thursday 23 July 2015

Metamorphosis of KENYAN youths

Do you remember this? Egg-Larvae- Pupa- Adult. If you didn't go through the 8-4-4 system, well, we used to call it the metamorphosis of a housefly if am not very wrong.
Okay, because now you remember, kenyan youths are exactly like houseflies..

Age 12-14..
For ladies boys become interesting, they like asking their parents all sort of questions. They are cuddled and they always say "mom you are the best". They dilly dally all day in the house waiting for sunday to get a chance of getting out of the house, of course to sunday school. Boys are trying to understand themselves, they are over ambitious and focused on books, back at home they are trying to get incorporated into the outside world, but they still wash the dishes, clean the house and other considered female chores. 
Age 14-16..
Enhe, life begins, probably they are in form two or three. They discover how to watch explicit movies, to sip vodka and pretend to be very high just to show off to their friends. They start says how their parents are nagging, old-skool, policing them, and all sort of degrading statement. They discover the annoying Jamaican Dancehall music which they dance to anyplace they hear a beat. They go to library to see each other and not to read. They are always on their phones and they become extra lazy.

Age 17-19
A little feel of maturity gets induced into their lives. Probably they are out of high school and the outside life is not as cool as they expected. May be they did not get admirable grades and they start finding out whether they have any talent. They stay at bus stations for hours waiting for the newest arrival, the booming car that has the loudest music. They join these street colleges just to feel that they are in institutions of higher learning not knowing that they are wasting their parents' money.

Age 20-23
Joins real college or university and the reality of life jets in. They need money to cater for almost everything they need in this life. For the fortunate enough, their parents supports them and the rest (ladies) looks for sponsors. Liquor becomes a basic need in life and a way to pass time. They fall into failing relationships which do not last more than 52 weeks. The most valuable asset they have is a laptop and a smartphone and nothing else to show. 

Age 24-26
Looking for a serious job and starting to live like a human being. They feel they are very mature that the can go ahead and snub everyone's advice. They view university students as children forgetting that they are only some months out of campus. They always complain of how busy they are but end up using their salaries on alcohol and saving a few coins on M-shwari. Duties beckon, they are invited for burial and wedding committees, they chip-in for their siblings school fees.

Age 27-30
They need a bigger room to dwell in, marriage is a priority, they need to start a small business to act as an extra source of income. They start despising the lower side of the town and brag of how they drink at expensive joints. Life becomes demanding

Age 31-34
THESE ARE NOT YOUTHS, THEY JUST WANT UWEZO FUND AND KAZI KWA VIJANA MONEY!!!!

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