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You killed them! Furious man engages conductor after goats suffocate in a matatu boot

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 The two didn’t make it
There was drama at a Kakamega bus stop after two goats suffocated to death in a Nairobi bound bus The man had reportedly put his three goats in the boot of the bus over transportation costs upcountry He accused the conductor of killing them and wished misfortune upon him

There was drama at a Kakamega bus stop when a passenger treated travellers to hilarious antics, as he cursed a conductor.

This was after the bus conductor refused to compensate him for his two goats that died of suffocation after they were transported in the boot from Nairobi.

The man, only identified as Wanyonyi, reportedly put his three goats in the boot of the bus before he set off from Nairobi to Kakamega, citing lack of money to transport them appropriately.

Unfortunately, two didn’t make it.

Wanyonyi shocked onlookers when he broke into tears, yelling incantations with the intention of jinxing the conductor’s life for the injustice.

 “They have killed my animals by denying them oxygen,” he complained.

He expressed his fury to anybody who cared to listen, wondering what he was going to tell his in-laws; he claimed the animals were part of outstanding dowry he was taking to them.

“I alerted my in-laws that I was going to visit them over the weekend and settle part of the bride price that was outstanding.

 I eloped with their daughter five years ago and you have just messed up my plans to appease them by killing my goats,” Wanyonyi fumed, attracting a crowd of curious onlookers.

He went on to rant: “How will I explain to my in-laws after having whetted their appetite and creating an impression that I was bringing them some special gifts?”

Arguing that it is the duty of the conductor to ensure that passengers loads are safe and sound through the journey, Wanyonyi made a passionate appeal to be compensated.

“You can take the dead ones and sell to the butchers and get me cash to buy others,” he told the bus conductor.

One of the passengers who boarded the same bus said they cautioned the complainant while at the Machakos Bus Park in Nairobi not to put the goats in the boot, but he threw caution to the wind.

“Kenyans are in the habit of mistreating animals, especially while transporting them. I have seen people dangle chicken with their wings, others strap goats on motorbikes using ropes or chickens being transported in car boots where there is no free circulation of fresh air.

Now this,” complained the passenger, warning that the man should not be compensated to teach him that animals ought to be transported with dignity. The conductor would hear none of Wanyonyi’s demands.

He stuck to his guns, arguing that he warned him against stuffing the animals in the boot but he complained that he didn’t have money to hire other means of transport for the animals.

They protracted argument attracted a crowd of onlookers, who had varying opinions. “I wonder how a normal person can carry animal in passengers’ vehicle for over six hours and expect it to be alive.

 The animals need fresh air like a human being. Why buy a goat in Nairobi when you can get some at Lubao market in Kakamega at an affordable price,” an onlooker wondered.

Wanyonyi eventually gave up and left, wishing misfortune upon the conductor.

 

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