Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today's family drama. The Seven-Month Blackout!
First of all, there are two kinds of blackouts in this country. The first is caused by Kenya Power. The second is far more dangerous. It happens inside a marriage when one spouse suddenly starts treating the other like a complete stranger. That's when every late-night phone call becomes suspicious. Every smile directed at a phone screen turns into a crime scene. Sleep disappears. Appetite resigns. Common sense packs its bags and relocates to another county.
What starts as a happy marriage with a steady, uninterrupted supply of electricity slowly transforms into months of complete darkness.
No pawa.
The question is... who switched off the main breaker? Why was this household disconnected from the national grid? And, more importantly... who was responsible?
Karen and Eddy had been married for close to three years. They were living what Walalahoi would proudly call a good life and what Walalahai would dismiss as a low life. Around...