County rep falls in pool but salvages his plate of food

By MAUREEN ODIWUOR

NANDI, KENYA: A member of County Assembly (MCA) from Nandi County recently left ribs

cracking in Kisumu, when he accidentally fell inside a swimming pool, but managed to save food he was carrying on a plate from soaking in water.

The MCA, together with his colleagues, had travelled to the lakeside county for team building and bonding session.

They had been booked into a lavish hotel for a couple of days. During lunchtime on one of the days, they were at the hotel, the enthusiastic MCA began having a light banter with one of his colleague as they queued for sumptuously prepared meals.

 They went on chatting and having light moments as they walked to their respective seats after serving themselves at the buffet table.

 Water bubbles

While walking to his seat, a plate with a mountain of food in one hand, and a bottle of soda in the other, he kept chatting up his colleague animatedly and did not notice that he was walking next to the swimming pool.

He missed a step, tripped and fell into the pool with a thud. But funny enough, his plate — full of food — remained firmly clutched in his hand as he wailed for help.

For a few seconds, his whole body sunk in the water and only hands holding his plate of food and water bubbles could be seen on the water surface.

Laughter

Some of his colleagues could not hold back their laughter at how he managed such a delicate balancing act — ensuring that his food never got soaked in water.

“We were so tickled at how he landed into the water and still managed to keep his food safe from water in such a situation of death and life,” said an onlooker.

Meanwhile, his mesmerised colleagues almost died with laughter with most of them making fun out of the whole incident.

One of his colleagues joked that this particular MCA had lost his attention because he was busy salivating.

 And that he had served himself too much food that filled up his plate, so much that he just could not see where he was going.

Fortunately, he had fallen towards the shallow end of the swimming pool. And luckily, a hawk-eyed lifesaver timely dove in the pool and came to his rescue.

The lifesaver aided him out of the water and led him to his room to change his drenched clothes.

The MCA changed his clothes and went back to devour his meal, but became the butt of all sorts of jokes throughout their stay at the hotel.