Caught in the act: When a nanny's lover fell through the ceiling

My barbershop is located within a residential area and  anyone familiar with the high rise flats synonimous with  the eastern side part of  Nairobi  city knows exactly what I’m talking  about. Daily dramas and hullabaloos never end and at times, I do try as much as possible to mind my own business, but most of the time I still find myself outside there getting  entertained. The random fist fights, from the women tearing each other’s eyes out to naughty children being whipped by a disgruntled neighbour for scratching their new car are a common sight.

So this particular morning, around 10am, I had just opened shop, done some cleaning here and there and was just chilling waiting for my first client of the day when suddenly, I noticed commotion outside. Women and children were running towards the same direction. I couldn’t mind my business on this one, so and I dashed out to see what was going on. A large crowd had already gathered in front of an adjacent flat and as I moved closer I noticed Mama Njeri, the ‘area reporter’ addressing the crowd about what had just happened.

Apparently, a woman popularly known as Mama Sydney had caught her nanny with a strange man in the house.

According to Mama Njeri’s description, I quickly figured out who the said man was. He is in his mid-20s and has been my client for quite some time.

He stays with his sister in the flat right opposite my shop. So it was alleged that he had been messing around with Mama Sydney’s nanny who sneaks him into the house immediately her boss leaves for work. The area paparazzi had been keenly watching and Mama Sydney would be briefed about the events.

So on that particular day, determined to catch her nanny in action, she left as if going to work, but went to her friend’s house nearby. As usual, the guy was signalled by the nanny and he rushed in. Mama Sydney who then got a tip off from her spy hurriedly walked back to the house with an army of women behind her. They have been complaining that the nanny is a husband snatcher due to her big behind and her provocative dressing.

When the nanny heard a knock on the door, she directed her boyfriend to climb up the ceiling through an opening so by the time she went to open the door, the evidence had been cleared. Mama Sydney and her friends could not find the alleged stranger in the house so they decided to just sit in the living room.

Meanwhile, the guy was suffering up there, because of the heat and dust. He kept on moving around seeking a comfortable spot. Unfortunately, the ceiling board was too weak and the guy came tumbling down landing right on top of the living room table, splitting it into two. Everyone in the house, including Mama Sydney scampered for safety.

Mama Njeri while narrating the incident, compared the guy’s fall to that of a wrestler thrown out of the ring. He slowly walked out of the house with only his boxer shorts on and black dust all over his body. I have no idea what took place thereafter, because I had to go back to the barbershop to attend to a client who had just walked in. As for the guy who literally broke the ceiling, I have never seen him again and just like that, I lost a client.