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How mothers extort money from their children during Christmas

You are a young man (25-40) working in Nairobi. Your parents are small-scale farmers in Embu or Kirinyaga or Kieni. Your dad is 75 your mom is 68. You will be going to visit them today or tomorrow through to 26th. You have not seen them for 8 months. But they know that since you last met, you have been promoted at your workplace (they were told by their neighbours or your other siblings) and so you are loaded.

Something will happen with almost 99% precision.

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