A man in Kisumu Country got shock of his life when he returned home only to find his house robbed clean, with a new tenant strolling in whilst inspecting it and negotiating rent with the landlord.
It was alleged that the man—a boda boda operator— had welcome a stranded stranger to his house in Dunga estate three months ago.
How the boda boda man trusted a stranger with his house remains a puzzle. Apparently, traffic cops had arrested the boda boda rider some time back for flaunting traffic rules. And as he fumbled and bit his tongue in a bid to secure his freedom from, the a good Samaritan sauntered by, and with astuteness of a lawyer defending a death row criminal in a court of law, pleaded with the cops for the rider’s freedom.
In an interesting turn of events, the ‘good Samaritan’ turned out to be homeless and desperate for a place to rest his tired bones—for a night. One night turned out to be one week, which later turned out to be a month.
Before the boda boda operator knew it, he was literally living with the ‘good Samaritan’. Three months down the line, the two had begun living together as brothers.
On Sunday, a fortnight ago, the boda boda man went to work as usual leaving the ‘good Samaritan’ relaxing and listening to music in the house. Unfortunately, the day wasn’t busy as expected, thus, he returned home in the afternoon. When he got to his house, he thought he had gone to the wrong house for it was an empty hall.
Shock hit him when he realised he was actually at his house, albeit empty. His house had been robbed, with absolutely nothing left behind including window curtains. As he walked in, he bumped into his landlord showing around a new tenant who was marveling at how cheap the house was.
“Nataka hii nyumba, unailipisha pesa ngapi? Naweza kulipa niingie leo? Maji unalipisha ngapi ? (I want this house, how much is rent? Can I pay and move in today? And how much is water?)” the new tenant enquired.
Upon realising that the landlord was negotiating with a new tenant—ready to move into the house that day, the rider got worried and curious. The landlord told him his brother had moved out.
“Owadu nonyisa ni ngima ne tek kodu. Koro nun’gado ni udog dala. Noketo gigeu te mag ot e mtoka kendo owuok (Your brother told me life had become so hard for the two of you. And you had decided to go back to your rural home. He loaded your belongings on a pickup and left),” said the landlord.
When he was told that, it hit him that he had been robbed. He fainted and after first aid, he explained to the gathered neigbours that he was not even related to the ‘good Samaritan’.
It emerged much later that the ‘good Samaritan’ was actually a conman who had been making end meet through dubious means.