Eldoret ni city
Na just like any other city
Boda boda guys hulipia stickers za kuingia CBD
A ticket to pack in town when dropping a client
Hizi stickers ni za commercial motorbikes
Hizi stickers mostly hulipiwa na guys who take customers to town
Kanjo ndo huwa wanaenforce hii rule
Eldoret ni city
Na just like any city
Imewekwa traffic lights
And when it hits RED, magari na bodabodas stop
Shida inaanzia hapa
Kanjos take advantage of this temporary stops
To harass motor cyclers
Juzi I witnessed their discord
An aged man was passing through town on his bike
Without a passenger, without a sticker
Not packing somewhere in the CBD
Just passing
Stopped by the traffic lights for a minute
A minute long enough to attract city council
They demanded a sticker
Hakuwa nayo
He tried to explain he is not of this town he was passing through
Hawakuskia hayo
Mbaba akanyaganywa funguo
Hasira zikapanda
Akaweka boda kando adeal na huyu kanjo
Argument ikaheaten up mbaba rage took over
Akaslap yule kanjo, a big mistake
Kanjo akaita wenzake wakavamia this guy
The man was a bit old
He could not take the blows, akazirai
Bodaboda riders hukua na umoja Fulani
A union that unites and divides
Wakaungana for this guy
Wakageukia makanjo
A two-day cat and mouse chase was in town
Every bodaboda releasing their rage into the city
Two days biashara hazikufanyika
Two days CBD haikuendeka
Total chaos
All because of a bodaboda guy that was passing through town
Without a speaker
Sielewi ni lini kanjo wataskizana na wananchi
Lini watapenda their job without kitu kikogo
Lini watakuwa lenient na makosa madogo
Lini wataungana kuenforce hizi laws without using force
Sielewi mbona walipiga uyo mbaba
Siwaelewi.
Imani Freystar
The Midnight Star.
