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An ode to a first class academician

graduate male

The graduation list came out yesterday evening. I was at work when someone posted something on our Facebook page. It said; “Congratulations Ndugu”. Immediately, I knew what he was talking about. Ndugu is what we called a dude in my campus. His name is Omoke Morara. He was fond of calling everyone ndugu. “Ndugu, hii siasa ya CORD unaionaje?” “Ndugu, ule msichana anatembea funny.” “Ndugu, si twende hapa Wambugus tukunywe kamoja tu?” and so forth.

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