UUUIIIII! MWIZIIIi!!!🤭 -Part 1

Wakurugenzi!! Wadauuuu🤗🤗🤗 Hope you have had a beautiful day and of course keeping safe and warm in this chilly weather 😎. This weather thinks we are all married🙄🙄., Smh. Anyway, I promised to narrate the circumstances under which I was conned my Nokia 2.3 phone.😂🤭 Its a funny experience yes, but I did this not only to entertain but also to alert you on the creative tricks used in town so that you and/or your loved ones don't fall victims.😔

Ayaaa basi, wacha katambe😂, a glass of water please 🤗.

It's a beautiful Monday morning, exactly 7:30am, I honestly overslept but I can still hurry up and get to work on time since we report by 9/9:30am. Guess who wakes me up?🤗 Paul!! Do you know what Paul wants??😊. Paul begins by asking me if I have received any call from Bessy, and he proceeds to inform me that my profile really looks good and for them to offer me that job, I need to deliver handcopies of my certificates. He goes ahead to enquire whether I pass by Westlands so that I  drop my documents in their office or we could agree on an appropriate place he could pick them. Before we proceed, I honestly tell him that I haven't received any call from Bessy, maybe Karen(not her real name). Yes, wadau, the previous week I had a conversation with Karen, there was a job I was referred to by a previous work place colleague. I sent my C.V and after reviewing it, I was told that a lady by the name Wanjiru (not her real name) would call me. That was on Thursday the previous week, it's Monday and am expectant of this call that will award me a job within my career as a data analyst😊.

Wadau, I have been praying, the previous night I had been listening to Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation worship and am convinced a breakthrough is coming my way!🤦❣️. Sasa, I tell him that no Bessy called, maybe Karen. He agrees and we continue to arrange on how to meet in town and get him my papers 😊. What a breakthrough??!! 🤷 Yani God wewe ni Yule msee🤗, I am elated and I prepare hurriedly to leave for work and meet Paul. I don't even call Karen to inform her that I have been called.  Am convinced it's them, coincidentally both offices are in Westlands and the guy agreed to Karen having called me🤷.

Ayaaa, I pick copies of my certificates, head to town and as I print my C.V, Paul(as he purports to be called though not his real name) calls me . I tell him that I would be there in 10 minutes 😊. The cyber guy prints the documents and I am ecstatically happy that I even tip him, lol🤣🤣 utajuaje am getting a dream job!
Twende kazi!🤣🤣

I call him and he tells me to meet him at 1st floor at Tumaini House, next to Kencom. I guess it's their other office or something, wherever, after all he is doing me a favour by collecting my papers in town, but again, I sent them my C.V, kuna Corona hata, why would they opt for hard copies? It's risky, right? But wait, who am I to question? wadau, si I need a job😂😂😂.

I am in a hurry, I get to the store I work at, drop my bag, and head to Tumaini House with my phone and documents on the other hand. Weeeuh, msinione hivi😂😂 soon I will be working with watu wa nguvu. It's a firm by some senior government people who needs a data analyst.🤭💪💪💪.

When I had just taken the stairs, I receive a call from Dr. Bessy. The last time we talked was in 2018 towards the end of my contract at CRA. She is a sister to my supervisor back then at CRA. I also helped her in printing her thesis back in the days as she was completing her PhD. Dr. Bessy tells me that she was called by Paul, who informed her that they needed a secretary for the Equity Director and they would call me for an interview on Thursday 😊. She also asked me to ensure I got good referees who would give a positive feedback about me. Well, am a bit confused but at least I can tell the Bessy that Paul asked me whether I had received her call. Ngojaaa, ni Equity tena😢. I am a little disappointed coz I honestly don't like working in a bank but if an opportunity arises why not? If asked to choose banking or data analysis, of course, the latter.  Lakini wadau unajua Mungu akifungua njia yeye hufungua mingi unaamua yenye unataka kwenda😂😂😂😂

As we converse with Bessy, Paul is calling me as well. I decide to drop the papers regardless, what does it cost wadau? Hakuna 🤷.
I rush to first floor kwa cyber, you know when a senior person asks to meet you, you should be there before them, do you know that? I am kinda tensed coz am late, nasikia ni kama Bessy ananiwaste-ia time on this call.🤣🤣🤣 Woiii

I get to the first floor, meets a 50+ year old Paul who seems to be so busy on phone. He goes like, "Kajuju?" "yeah", I respond. He directs me to the cyber as he is still on call. Not really a call but he wants to confirm that rada ni Safi before he performs his next operation on me😂😂😂😂 .
He gets inside the cyber and directs me to open word office, utadhani ni mwenye cyber😂😂 the machine is not even started, all along naharakishwa wadau😂😂😂.
So am supposed to open word and type my cover letter. He feels like am taking too long to do this. Clearly, you have to ask the cyber guys to start the session for you, but hata sifikiriii SAA hii, am afraid this guy may think am not good enough for this job! I am humble! 😂😂

I decide to get a copy of my cover letter from my email for editting😊, but before that, he requests for my CV, pretends to analyse it, and he questions my referees. I am like, they are all okay. He suggests we add Bessy hapo chini, not like we print, nooo I write her name and phone number na kalamuuu😂😂😂🤣🤣 aaaii hiyo si mathogothanio way, but again who am I to question 😂😂. Did I inform you that Paul had a handwritten paper containing the name of the consultancy firm recruiting on behalf of Equity and who am supposed to address it to. Ati Oceanic consultancy firm😂😂😂, majina za kampuni zake mannn, nooo. 🤣

He informs me that their client Equity is looking for someone and Dr. Bessy referred me.,😊😊😊. All along anatoka nje kuongea na simu anarudi, I think wanaongea na Bessy, alafu kwani wanafanya na Bessy kwa hii consultancy firm?  Paul is handling matters in a hurry but clearly I trust Dr. Bessy so much and it's an honour to be referred.

Hapa ndo things fall apart hukujia wadau😂😂😂.
He comes from a call and goes like, "I ran out of credit, could I use your phone please to call Dr. Bessy." Why not! Aaaii, After all nimewekewa postpay na kampuni😂😂 piga simuuuuu, chukua simu piga naniiiii, credit sio sidaaaa😂😂😂😂.
Btw, Paul was soo professional fyi, I even open Dr. Bessy's number for him. He walks outside with my phone to converse from there, of course he can't talk from the cyber. Sindio?

Si I told you that I opened my email but I have to access a code from my phone 😊, "ngaiii sasa nitamsumbua akitumia simu, ama nimngojeee, but wait, how do I trust this guy? hii ni Nairobi😢" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 wadauuuu, hapo ndo sasa Paul aliniamsha poa😂🤣. Wachana na Ile kuamshwa ya 7:30a.m😅.
I walk towards the door, I see no people, I look behind I see no people 😂😂 I head to the stairs to look for him, simuonii, nauliza soldiers hata hawanisaidiii😢😭😭

I get back to the cyber in a confused state.
I question whether they know him but no one does. The lady who is the cyber assistant says that such a thing happened last week, am like really, so this is a crime scene. Could you be collaboratiing? Well, I pick my papers plus the one with his handwriting and leave frustrated 😰😰😰😰.
How do I go to work surely, I am soooo disoriented yaani! I head to Kenya Cinema, ask my colleague to assist me with her phone so that I could text my supervisor. "Good morning sir, I have just been conned my phone and I am so disoriented, allow me just go home." 😂😂😂. Weeeuh, but before I leave, I need to replace my line.
First of all, I log in my email from one of the display phones, retrieve Dr. Bessy's number. I call her, " Bessy, the guy you referred me to is a conman, he ran away with my phone na iko mteja, am honestly disappointed. How could you do that to me?" Bessy is surprised but at first I don't believe her, how could she do this to me? Surely. "Kajuju, I also don't know him, he called me and told me that he needed someone for that position and I referred you. I didn't know you guys had even planned to meet!!"🙄🙄🙄 Bessy said.
"Really! you talked like you knew him!" I retorted.  " kindly report the matter to the police and send me the abstract so that I can follow the matter with  a friend who is a CID." Bessy at it again. " Mimi niende kwa police, really, wacha ipotee!" I feel like Bessy is playing a fool but all along she is honest. She is so sorry about the ordeal. After some time, she calls, "I have called Paul but ni mteja, again, I have forwarded your number to the CID and he says that the phone is still in town but we can't track it without an abstract."
Nimechokaaaa, I just want to leave , go home and sleep. But I had not locked my phone, this guy may get my contacts, call them and bring up a serious lie so that money is sent. Have you heard of stories like, " so and so has gotten a serious accident, am the friend and the hospital needs 15k to admit them" utatuma naniii, if you love the victim, you will😰. I didn't want this to happen ☹️.

Anyway, I  go to Safaricom MOI to replace my line. I queue, when I get there, am told to come with a letter from the company since my line is registered under the company. Smh! I am like, "The last time you replaced my line you didn't need all this." (I lost another company's phone in the last 6 months that I had to pay) hii Nairobi hainitakii mazuri.😢

Now I have to call the office and remember people are working from home. My colleague at Safaricom helps me with their phone, I call one of the office guys and he is having a conference call so I have to chill for a while for an email to be sent to Safaricom. It's like 12 noon, I am told an email has been sent and I am asked to queue again. I queue and when it's my turn, the service lady goes to the back office to confirm the details of the email. She comes back with bad news that there is no attachment to the email 😡😠. So what do I do? Am told to call again and tell them that the email should contain a letter with the company's letterhead and a stamp. I call the office and am convinced there was an attachment 😬. I have to go back to the Safaricom guys again and ask them to confirm the sent attachment. No attachment in the email guys😰, I should be asleep now aki. Anyway, I call the office again and am told, "ooooh sorry, it's just an email that was sent. Just explain to them that people are working from home hence a letterhead and a stamp is a bit tricky." I am told to wait till 2pm. Aaaaiii really?!!😔😔😔😔

I decide to talk to one of the Safaricom team leaders and she is honest that she can't help unless her supervisor gave a go ahead. "Please talk to her.😢" I request her.
After a while, I approach her and she points to a lady who is her supervisor. I reach out to her and explain my situation, she is sorry but she can't do much without a letter from the company. "Lately, this issue is handled strictly 😔. " She tells me.
I am almost losing it guys, but thank God for my tears. I wouldn't control my disàppointment, I shed tears and sound helpless. I need my mother right now😂😂😂. This is where you remember you are the last born and miss your mother's love.🤭.

Nokia 2.3; 32gb ROM, 2gb RAM;4000mAh battery

She asks for my ID and tells me that she needs to check the email. She comes back with a line and asks me to rate her once I receive a text on activating my line.
Sasaa, the next thing is looking for a phone. My supervisor had met me at Safaricom and knew about. She helps with a kaphone to use  in the meantime. I update whatsapp and the storage is full😂😂😂. Waaaah masaibu ya Kajuju😅😅.

I am advised to report the matter to the police, at least get an abstract so that am not asked to pay for the phone in case I like resign or something. It's a company's phone, you understand.
Aaaaiii sasa niende Central police? Ama I just report kwa police post hakuna complications.😂😂😂
Noooo, you have to report to a station nearer the crime scene 😔.
Ayaaa, Mimi huyo, Central Police, line ni mreeefu😢. I grew impatient since minute one🤭. I refuse to believe that this is the only way out but wacha nimalizane tu na kila kitu and then go home. It's now 2pm. I talk to the lady cop and tell her my issue and am supposed to report to work in a few. She empathizes with me but all these people are waiting for the same services. I insist that I need her help. Wacha uone ukora😂😂
We organise on how I get in and how atajifanya ananipeleka uko juu. She leaves me at the corridor and we strategize on how I get in after the person who was writing their OB left the room😂😂😂 si poa akii😅😅😅.
I did the same and I managed. I am sent to room 5, gets the abstract but sina receipt ya simu na IMEI. I request to get the number of one of the CIDs and once I get other details I would be back.

Now I atleast have the abstract, let me go home.  I left for home, I didn't want to tell anyone the details on how I lost my phone.🤭 I somehow saw this as embarrassing and again, it's a long story.

Wadau, I will narrate part 2 of how tulishika mwizi, 3 CIDs ,my cousin and I in Nairobi CBD. Tulikuwa under cover, it was a movie naniiiii 😂😂😂

See you in the next episode on the same.🤗🤗🤗
Check the next episode on how we caught up with the thief 😅

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