IMugovera manheru pane imwe yeNairobi's trendiest expat clubs. Zvinwiwa zviri kuyerera, mumhanzi wemumba uchirira uye vakaroorana vanenge vachikuya padance floor kana kukurukura mubhawa. Vamwe vanombundirwa pamwe chete pazvigaro zvakaita sosofa panze.
Asi ava havasi vechidiki vako vanoenda kumabiko vari kunakidzwa - ruzhinji rwevakaroora pamusi weMugovera manheru, chaizvo manheru eMugovera wega wega, vanogadzirwa nevarume vakuru vechichena, kunyanya vashanyi nemabhizinesi, uye vanopisa, vakadzi vechidiki vekuKenya.
Chiitiko chinotaridzika sechimwe chinhu chiri mufirimu rekomedhi. Vamwe varume vane mhanza, vamwe vakagerwa vaDonald Trump, vachitamba semadzisekuru ari kutatarika kuwana shamhu. Magirazi akawanda eBill Gates uye mabhachi emitambo ebrown uye matema ane T-shirts pasi.
Uye vasikana? Murefu, mutete, mutema ane hembe dzakapfava uye huya-pano kunyemwerera.
Mumwe murume anoratidzika kunge ane makore makumi matanhatu, ane mhanza, mudumbu uye T-shirt yake nhema yakaiswa mubhurugwa rakareba. Anosvika kune mumwe musikana wekuKenya ane makore angangosvika 60. Murefu, akapfeka karokwe kadiki-diki uye nezvitsitsinho zvinoita kuti makumbo ake aite seanoenda kure.
"Ndingakutengera drink here?" anobvunza nekazwi kechiJerimani. Anoti neshungu, “Hongu. Unobva kupi?"
Pasina nguva varikukurukura vari mubhawa uye ruoko rwake rwunotsvedza kubva kumusana kwake kuenda kuseri kwake, ruoko rwake rwuri muchiuno chake. Anomurova kuseri kwekurova kwaBritney Spears' "Ndipe Zvimwe," anozevezera munzeve yake uye maminetsi mashoma gare gare vanobuda mukirabhu, pamwe chete.
Mumwe mukadzi wokuKenya akamira pedyo navo anodzungudza musoro ndokuti kushamwari yake, “Langa,” shoko rinoshandiswa pamutauro weSwahili, mutauro wenyika yeKenya.
Mukadzi wechidiki akapfeka hembe anogona kunge asiri pfambi, asi pane mukana waivepo. Imwe ye“zvipo” zvekuuya kuKenya semushanyi anobva kuMadokero kuwanikwa kuri nyore kwepfambi.
Mukurumbira we'Bonde Riri Nyore'
Chipfambi hachisi pamutemo muKenya, asi zviremera nevaridzi vekirabhu nevanotandarira vanotarisa rimwe divi. Inowanzoonekwa sechikamu chechiitiko chevashanyi - uye mazana emamiriyoni emadhora Kenya inounza nekuda kwekushanya.
Asi hadzisi chete mhuka dzesango dzenyika uye mahombekombe zvinokwevera mamirioni avanhu gore rega rega.
"Kenya ine mukurumbira wekuita zvepabonde zviri nyore," akadaro Caroline Naruk, makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe, maneja weakaundi pane imwe kambani yekushambadzira yeKenya.
Pfambi hadzisi dzenguva dzose “vafambi mumigwagwa” vako. Zvakawanda zvinogona kuwanikwa pane izvo zvinonzi upscale establishments.
"Vamwe vevakadzi ava vari kushanda, vakadzi vepakati," akadaro Naruk. “Vanoti, ‘Manheru ndichapfeka mbatya dzangu, ndosangana nemushanyi, ndoita bonde, ndowana mari ndoenderera mberi neupenyu.’”
Pfambi yekuKenya Yakashata kune Vagari
Dambudziko, vanodaro maKenya mazhinji, nderekuti "zvirongwa" izvi zvinotanga kutsveyamisa nzanga yese. Naruk mukadzi akareba, mutete, anokatyamadza - uye anoti anogara achishungurudzwa nevashanyi vekuMadokero nemabhizinesi.
“Ndinonzwa kutukwa zvikuru,” akadaro. “Zvatosvika pakuti pandinobuda, ndinonetseka pamusoro pemapfekero andinofanira kuita kuti nditaridzike.
Achangobva kurega kuenda kune zvimwe zvivako. Asi arikunetswa kubasa kwakewo. Mumwe wokuMadokero mutaundi nokuda kwebhizimisi, waanoti akanga ava kuda kusvitsa makore 50 okukura, akawana nhamba yake kumukuru wake webasa ndokutanga kuridza runhare nguva dzose, achiedza kumukwezva kuti apinde mukamuri rake.
“Yakava nyaya chaiyo,” akadaro. “Vashanyi vakawanda uye vanamuzvinabhizimisi vanouya kuno vane mari yakawanda, uye pavanouya kuno vanofunga kuti ‘ndinogona kuva chero zvandinoda,’ uye ndiwo maitiro avanoita.”
Chihure Chinoshandura Kushandiswa Kwevana
Bonde remubhadharo rakajairika muNairobi, pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeKenya, kunyanya mumataundi epazororo eMombasa neMalindi, zvekuti nyota yechipfambi yakakonzera kubatwa zvisina kunaka kwevana. Kenya yave kutorwa seimwe yenzvimbo dzepasi rose dzekushanyirwa pabonde kwevana.
Muna 2006, UNICEF yakabudisa mushumo pamusoro pekutengeswa kwevana muKenya ichiratidza kuti chikamu che30 muzana chevasikana vechidiki vane makore gumi nemaviri vanogara mumhenderekedzo yegungwa vaiita zvepabonde vasina kuroora kuti vawane mari.
Uye vashanyi vekuMadokero ndivo vari kutyaira kutengeserana, maererano neshumo. Varume vanobva kuEurope vanodarika hafu yevatengi.
“Vashanyi vanobiridzira vana ndivo vari pakati pouori hunobatanidza vakawanda vanobva munharaunda,” unodaro mushumo wacho. "Zvakakosha kuti vanhu vakuru vakapara mhosva kwete ivo vakabatwa pachavo vatongwe nekuda kwemhosva idzi."
MuMombasa, varume vechidiki vekuKenya, vanozivikanwa se "vakomana vepamahombekombe," vanozivikanwa kuroora vakadzi vechirungu vakura, kazhinji vashanyi vekuMadokero vanenge vauya nendege vachidzika zvekusangana pabonde. Kungofanana navamwe vavo vechikadzi, ava varume vaduku vanopiwa mari nomukurumbira wokuva “mukomana” womushanyi akapfuma wokuMadokero.
Pfambi dzekuKenya Tariro Yekununurwa
Asi chokwadi chezvinoreva gadziriro idzi kuvakadzi vechidiki veKenya nevarume vanowanzosiyana zvakanyanya pane fungidziro yavari kutengesa. Vamwe havasi zvifeve zvehunyanzvi, asi majaya nemhandara varombo vanotenda kuti "white knight" mupfumi achauya ovanunura uye ovapa hupenyu hweumbozha hwekuMadokero.
Kunyange paine nyaya yepano neapo yevaviri vanopedzisira vave murudo, hukama hwenguva refu, kazhinji, muKenya ndiye anopedzisira atambura. Kenya ichiri nzanga yakasarudzika, yechitendero, uye varume nevakadzi vanopinda mu "hukama" nevashanyi vanowanzoshorwa.
"Kune vashanyi, havana basa nazvo," akadaro Naruk. “Mafungiro ndeekuti: ‘Ndinogona kurara newe, ndinogona kukupa pamuviri, ndinogona kutokutapurira HIV ndoenderera mberi nehupenyu hwangu. Chero ndikakupa mari, zvakanaka.’”
Anotaura nyaya yemumwe waaizivana naye uyo pazera remakore 23 akatanga bhizimisi nomumwe murume wokuBritain ane makore 45 muKenya. Akanwira waini ndokumudya, bhizimusi rake parakapera akadzokera kuUnited Kingdom, achimusiya aine pamuviri. Naruk anoti shamwari yake haina kuona murume uyu kwemakore. Kusangana uku kwakakanganisa hupenyu hwemukadzi uyu.
“Aifanira kusiya koreji, basa rake ndokudzokera kumusha naamai vake,” akadaro Naruk. "Haasati ambopora, uye mwana wake haamboziva baba vake."
Uye nepo maKenya mazhinji achibvuma kuti hapana anomanikidza vakadzi vechidiki nevarume ava kuti vabatane nevashanyi vekuMadokero, havasi kufara nemukurumbira wekuita zvepabonde zviri nyore izvo nyika inaro - uye vanoisa mhosva pamaitiro e "unzenza" evashanyi vari kuuya. here.
"Zvakafanana, nekuti wakachena uye une mari unogona kusiya zvese izvi, uye zvakanaka," akadaro Naruk. "Asi handizvo."
