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Wanja Kavengi: I am saving myself for a form 2 boy

Life’s funny

A while back, I met Cleophas Onyango at the gate when I was going to the nearby garbage pit, and he was leaning against the gate, eating a sugarcane.

He was wearing a black vest with small, green prints of the marijuana plant patterned in vertical lines. There were Rastafarian colours around the neckline, sleeve and hem and a faded photo of Bob Marley covering the front. The vest was tucked into a pair of navy blue tailored pants and a white shirt was thrown over one shoulder.

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