With the country in high end expectations of heavy downpour in the name of El Nino, much has been said on possible dangers associated with the rain especially in flood prone areas. The government and the various counties have even gone ahead to set whooping millions of shillings as El Nino budgets to handle the emergencies that are associated with the rains.
Those experienced with the country’s weatherman knows how unpredictable he has been not once, twice or thrice in predicting the atmospheric conditions of the day. This has landed many people into problems by having to cope up with unexpected and unprepared for weather conditions.
How many times has the weatherman predicted rains in Nairobi and it ended up being a candid sunny day? Uncountable, this has forced many people to bear the conditions of having to burden themselves with heavy clothing and carrying umbrellas all over around the city. On the contrary, wrong predictions of sunny days and ends up raining lands the residents of this city into enduring cold spells or even big forced to alter their budgets by buying clothing and umbrellas on the streets, thanks to the enterprising Kenyans in the streets who change their business tactics with changes in weather.
Nairobi is one of the most unpredictable towns in Africa in terms of what the onset of rains means to the people around the city, be it traffic jam, rise in transport charges for public means, confusion with everyone rushing and sometimes enduring with pickpockets and other petty fraudsters who take advantage of the situations.
What is the relationship between traffic jam and rains in Nairobi? That is the question which runs in many heads of Nairobians, but it’s always simple, the onset of rains makes everyone rush out of their offices to their homes in fear of being caught up in the jam and instead end up causing the jam themselves.
On a rainy day in the city, it should be a day of merry making and thank God for the rains as many people cry for it and end up getting a few drops which can’t even sustain the life of grass. It’s easy managing a rainy day in the city.
To begin with, when rain sneaks up in a moment, relax and head into the nearest restaurant for some coffee or tea as u check into some of your friends who maybe around. This offers you the chance to meet and share more with your friends who maybe busy days have always prevented you from meeting.
Call them and direct them to come around, if they are lovers of the bottle it even becomes better to share booze as the rains pour, this kills time as the rains cool down and also reduces the crowd at the bus stop at the same time maybe bringing down the fare. The biggest controversy is usually that someone spends a lot of money in waiting yet the fare only goes down by twenty shillings except for those heading to Rongai where the variations maybe more.
For the ladies who always feel insecure when away from their homes and kids, you are forced to navigate with their umbrellas and reach the bus stations to rush home in the looming jam. Others who have little trust for their house helps may find themselves hanging out with their friends to help contain the rains.
Moreover, to some species of people who don’t fancy friends that much, this could be the perfect moment to hang out with your spouse who happens to be also caught up in the rains. Share the sweet moments in the weather to help strengthen your love bonds.
For most men, rains do not cause much troubles like they do to ladies, men are even simple and can do anything without much care. The first thing that tickles in the mind of a lady is usually that hair in her head, she thinks of how expensive it is and the immediately stops for a shade of purchases an umbrella.
Other ladies immediately stop over in the streets to switch from heels to some flat pairs of shoes, thanks to the existence of large hand bags which look meaningless in front of many men. Some of us understand their significance at this time when shoes, an umbrella and a heavy jacket are all drawn from it.
Generally, in this time of great speculation on heavy rains, always be prepared for anything; like Jesus promise his disciples that he will come back like a thief, you never know what the next minute holds for you in terms of weather variation.