THE VILLAGE PHILOSOPHER

In a small village near Kerugoya lived a man called Waithaka.

Now Waithaka was not rich.

But according to himself?

He was “financially strategic.”

Very dangerous phrase.

This man had mastered one thing in life:

surviving without ever looking worried.

Even when life was beating him like rented drums.

Every morning Waithaka walked to the shopping center carrying:

one newspaper from 2019

a biro pen with no ink

and unnecessary confidence

So villagers assumed:

“Uyu lazima ako na biashara kubwa mahali.”

Meanwhile the man’s actual business was: walking around looking informed.

At the local kibanda near Sagana, Waithaka sat daily discussing:

politics

world economy

fertilizer prices

American elections somehow despite owing mama chai 430 bob emotionally.

And he always spoke slowly.

Like documentary narrator.

“You see… the problem with modern society…”

Brother. You have borrowed tea since February.

Focus.

The funniest thing?

People respected him.

Because in villages confidence is sometimes stronger than evidence.

Waithaka also feared...