Kenya

Last weekend I had my phone — an LG Nexus 4 — stolen on a matatu in town (a City Hoppa bus on the Ngong Road → Nairobi route). It must have happened as I was getting off at Kenyatta Ave / Koinange street, as I had it in my hands just before then, but had put it into my bag before alighting. I wanted to go tell Safaricom to block the IMEI so that the phone couldn’t be used on their network, and apparently they won’t do that unless you file a police report.

This is what happened when I went to the Central Police Station to report the theft.

TL;DR: it was an very unpleasant experience; somehow they manage to make you feel like a criminal for being the victim of a crime… (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

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Kenya

I only buy real bananas.

"real" bananas from Uchumi
“real” bananas from Uchumi

I can’t vouch for the legitimacy of my apples, though…

Kenya

I saw this yesterday when I was walking around Ngong Road, a stretch Land Rover limousine:

Stretch Land Rover limousine on Ngong Road
Stretch Land Rover limousine on Ngong Road

Besides the fact that this is ridiculous… it seems I always see something interesting when I’m on Ngong Road.