Mic Troubles

Mkono moja, maskanyore, mgongo wazi, ya kwenda dinner, ya kwenda supper, ya kajunior, ya kwenda swimming, ma underwater, mahutyty, mabling-bling…., forget the old – bei ni mia – new comics’ in town! , estate rather. He’s no other than our very own Top salesman of the year. We all know him as maskanyore. Well, his name is not really important now.
He started out slow and subtle, dressing up in the glittering evening dresses and screaming “wateja wangu! Makastoma wangu! Kuangalia ni bure! Yote ni thate! Nausa hata madresi, ya kusimamia arusi, ya best maid, ya flawa gao, yote ni thate!
Ahaa…! Semeni ahaa! Bei ni thate! And we all flooded his place to see, if not ask what maskanyore was. Then we told our friends and they told theirs…..
Utan’gara mpaka jirani ang’athie! Ehee! He went on. We liked him, he never grew hoarse.
Sista yote ni thate! Utan’gara, mpaka watu kwa plot waulize; na huyu, anafanya kazi kwa kampuni gani. We never walked past his stand, if not to buy to listen to him say “-maskanyore! Mabling bling! Ng’ara na thate!” the school children added to the circus, calling out maskanyore and he would reply, Ehee!
Maskanyore has now moved… set up a shop further down the rail. He uses a P.A system. He has acquired a D.J like stance, or a street preacher’s self consciousness. The children take turns on the mic. Maskanyore now sells expensive clothes –fifty bob and above-. The mic stunt isn’t really effective. All the same, I’ve been thinking….. Had I a business and needed a sales person, maskanyore would be in my list. Or if I became a coach and needed a mascot…..or if I wanted ……..

Maskanyore - skirts
Mkono moja –single strapped tops
Mabling bling –labeled shirts
Ya kwenda dinner –evening dress
Ma underwater –swimming costume
Mahutyty -skirts