KungoMgqibelo ebusuku kwenye yeeklabhu zefashoni zaseNairobi. Iziselo zihamba, umculo wendlu uyakhala kwaye izibini zisila kumgangatho wokudanisa okanye zincokole ebharini. Abanye bawole ndawonye kwizihlalo ezinjengokofa ngaphandle.
Kodwa aba ayingobantu bakho abaya kumatheko abonwabileyo - uninzi lwezibini ngobu busuku bangoMgqibelo, rhoqo ngoMgqibelo ebusuku, zenziwe ngamadoda amadala amhlophe, uninzi lwabakhenkethi kunye noosomashishini, kunye nabashushu, abafazi abancinci baseKenya.
Indawo ibonakala ngathi yinto ephuma kwifilimu ehlekisayo. Amanye amadoda anempandla, amanye achetywe iinwele zikaDonald Trump, edanisa okootatomkhulu abasokola ukufumana isingqi. Iiglasi ezininzi zeBill Gates kunye needyasi zemidlalo ezimdaka namnyama ezine T-shirts ngaphantsi.
Kwaye amantombazana? Mde, obhityileyo, omnyama ngempahla ethe tyaba kwaye eze apha encumile.
Indoda enye ikhangeleka imalunga nama-60, inkqayi, inkqayi kwaye isikipa sayo esimnyama sifakwe kwibhulukhwe enesinqe esiphezulu. Usondela kwintombazana yaseKenya ekhangeleka imalunga nama-25 eminyaka.
"Ndinganguthengela isiselo?" Ubuza ngelizwi elinzima laseJamani. Uphendula ngokuzithoba, “Ewe. Uvelaphi?"
Kungekudala bayancokola ebharini kwaye isandla sakhe sityibilika ukusuka emqolo ukuya ngasemva, ingalo yakhe ijikeleze esinqeni sakhe. Umbethela ngasemva kwisingqi sikaBritney Spears sika-“Ndinike Okunye,” esebeza endlebeni yakhe kwaye kwimizuzu nje embalwa emva koko baphuma eklabhu, kunye.
Ibhinqa laseKenya elimi ecaleni kwabo linikina intloko lize lithi kumhlobo walo, “Langa,” gama elo elithetha “ihenyukazi” ngesiSwahili, ulwimi lwaseKenya.
Ibhinqa eliselula elalinxibe ilokhwe kusenokwenzeka ukuba lalingelohenyukazi, kodwa kusenokwenzeka ukuba lalinjalo. Enye “yezinto eziluncedo” zokuza eKenya njengomkhenkethi osuka eNtshona kukufumaneka lula kwamahenyukazi.
Udumo 'lwesondo olulula'
Ukuthengisa ngomzimba akukho mthethweni eKenya, kodwa abasemagunyeni kunye nabanini beklabhu kunye nabanini bendawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide bajonge kwelinye icala. Ihlala ithathwa njengenxalenye yamava abakhenkethi - kwaye amakhulu ezigidi zeedola eziziswa yiKenya ngenxa yokhenketho.
Kodwa ayizozilwanyana zasendle zeli lizwe kuphela kunye neelwandle ezitsala izigidi zabantu minyaka le.
"IKenya inedumela lokwabelana ngesondo ngokulula," utshilo uCaroline Naruk, 29, umphathi weakhawunti kwi-arhente yentengiso yaseKenya.
Oonongogo abasoloko “bahamba-zitalato” bakho abaqhelekileyo. Uninzi lunokufunyanwa kwiindawo ezithathwa njengeendawo eziphezulu.
“Abanye baba bafazi bayasebenza, abafazi abakumgangatho ophakathi,” utshilo uNaruk. Bathi, ‘Ngokuhlwa ndiza kunxiba kakuhle, ndidibane nomkhenkethi, ndibe neentlobano zesini, ndifumane imali ndize ndiqhubeke nobomi.’”
Ubuhenyu baseKenya bugqwethekile kuBemi
Ingxaki, lutsho uninzi lwabantu baseKenya, kukuba la “malungiselelo” aqalisa ukugqwetha lonke uluntu. U-Naruk ngumfazi omde, omncinci, omangalisayo-kwaye uthi uhlala ehlukunyezwa ngabakhenkethi baseNtshona kunye namashishini.
“Ndiziva ndithukwe kakhulu,” watsho. “Ide yafikelela kwinqanaba lokuba xa ndiphuma ndiye ndixinezeleke ngendlela endifanele ndinxibe ngayo ukuze ndibonakale ngendlela eyahlukileyo.”
Uyekile ukuya kumaziko athile. Kodwa ukhathazwa nasemsebenzini wakhe. Omnye ummi waseNtshona kwezoshishino, athi wayemalunga neminyaka engama-50 ubudala, wafumana inombolo yakhe kumphathi wakhe waza waqalisa ukufowuna ngokuqhubekayo, ezama ukumrhwebesha ukuba aye kwigumbi lakhe.
“Yayingumcimbi ngokwenene,” utshilo. “Inkoliso yabakhenkethi noosomashishini abeza apha banemali eninzi, yaye xa besiza apha bacinga ukuba ‘ndinokuba yiyo nantoni na endifuna ukuba yiyo,’ leyo yindlela abaziphatha ngayo.”
Ubuhenyu Bujika Ukuxhatshazwa kwabantwana
Isini ukuze sihlawule sixhaphake gqitha eNairobi, kunxweme lwaseKenya, ngokukodwa kwiidolophu ezihlala iiholide zaseMombasa naseMalindi, kangangokuba ukunxanelwa ubunongogo kuye kwakhokelela ekuxhatshazweni kwabantwana. IKenya ngoku igqalwa njengenye yeendawo zehlabathi zokhenketho lwabantwana ngokwesondo.
Ngowama-2006, iUNICEF yakhupha ingxelo engokurhweba ngabantwana eKenya yabonisa ukuba amantombazana akwishumi elivisayo afikelela kuma-30 ekhulwini aneminyaka eli-12 ubudala ahlala elunxwemeni abandakanyeka kwiintlobano zesini nomntu ongathandani naye ukuze afumane imali.
Kwaye ngabakhenkethi baseNtshona abaqhuba urhwebo, ngokutsho kwengxelo. Amadoda avela eYurophu enza ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sabathengi.
Le ngxelo ithi: “Abakhenkethi abaxhaphaza abantwana ngabona bantu bagqugqisa urhwaphilizo olubandakanya abantu abaninzi ekuhlaleni. “Kubalulekile ukuba abantu abadala batshutshiselwe abenzi bobubi ingengabo amaxhoba ngokwawo.”
EMombasa, amadoda aselula aseKenya, aziwa ngokuba “ngamakhwenkwe aselunxwemeni,” aziwa ngokutshata nabafazi abamhlophe abasele bekhulile, ngokufuthi abakhenkethi baseNtshona abaye babhabhela behla ngokukodwa xa besiya ngokwesondo. Kanye njengoogxa babo abangamabhinqa, aba bafana babonelelwa ngemali nodumo oluthile “lokuthandana” nomkhenkethi osisityebi waseNtshona.
Amahenyukazi aseKenya anethemba lokuhlangulwa
Kodwa ubunyani bokuba la malungiselelo athetha ntoni kubafazi abancinci baseKenya kunye namadoda ahlala ahluke kakhulu kunentelekelelo abayithengisayo. Abanye abangoonongogo bokwenyani, kodwa abafana abahlwempuzekileyo kunye nabasetyhini abakholelwa ukuba "i-knight emhlophe" ecebileyo iya kuza kwaye ibahlangule kwaye ibanike ubomi bobunewunewu baseNtshona.
Ngelixa kukho ibali lamaxesha athile lesibini esiphela sithandana, ubudlelwane bexesha elide, ubukhulu becala, ngulo waseKenya ophela ekugqibeleni ebandezeleka. IKenya iselilungu elizigcinayo izinto, ibutho labantu bonqulo, kwaye amadoda nabafazi ababandakanyeka “kubudlelwane” nabakhenkethi badla ngokucekiswa.
“Kubakhenkethi, abakhathali ngenene,” watsho uNaruk. “Isimo sengqondo sithi: 'Ndingalala nawe, ndingakumithisa, ndingakosulela nge-HIV ndiqhubeke nobomi bam. Logama nje ndikunika imali, kulungile.'”
Ubalisa ibali lomnye umntu awayemazi owathi eneminyaka engama-23 ubudala wanxulumana nendoda yaseBritani eneminyaka engama-45 ubudala eKenya kwezoshishino. Wamtyibela iwayini waza wamtya, kwaye xa ishishini lakhe liphelile wabuyela e-United Kingdom, emshiya ekhulelwe. UNaruk uthi umhlobo wakhe sele kuyiminyaka engayiboni le ndoda. Ukudibana kwabutshabalalisa ubomi belo bhinqa.
“Kwafuneka ashiye ikholeji, umsebenzi wakhe aze agoduke nonina,” watsho uNaruk. Akazange aphile, kwaye umntwana wakhe soze amazi uyise.
Kwaye ngelixa uninzi lwabantu baseKenya luvuma ukuba akukho mntu unyanzela aba bafazi baselula kunye namadoda ukuba abandakanyeke nabakhenkethi baseNtshona, abonwabanga kudumo lwesini esilula ilizwe elinalo - kwaye babeka ityala ngokuthe ngqo kukuziphatha "kokuziphatha okubi" kwabakhenkethi abazayo. Apha.
“Kufana, kuba umhlophe kwaye unemali ungabaleka kuyo yonke le nto, kwaye kulungile,” utshilo uNaruk. "Kodwa akunjalo."
