Pastor slaps girl lying on phone in a matatu

pastor in a Kisumu bound matatu from
Kakamega whacked a girl across her face
for lying — among many other things,
about her whereabouts — to someone on
phone.
The young woman estimated to be in her
early 20s lied to the caller that she was
headed to Eldoret to see a friend who was
in dire need of her help. She continued
telling the person that she was even
accompanied by her parents, as the
person was a close friend of their family.
Lies
Bemused by the lies, the preacher told
her off for lying and loudly whispered to
her to apologise and tell the truth or else
attract the pastor’s wrath. The girl
ignored him.
“Young people, nowadays, have
increasingly become a disgrace to the
society. How can she cheat that she is
heading to Eldoret, while she is heading to
Kisumu?” the disappointed preacher
hissed, while she was still imploring the
caller.
The girl proceeded with lying as the
pastor cringed in disgust while looking
around in shock, as if to wonder whether
he was the only one disturbed with the
lies. To his surprise, none of the other
travellers was bothered.
The not-so-amused pastor gestured at
her to stop lying, in vain. He even tried
heckling her to no avail. When the going
got tougher, she instead, began
countering the pastor’s onslaught, of
course, getting the caller’s attention in
the process. Before long, the man of
cloth made good his threat.

Incensed with her irritation, the visibly
peeved pastor struck her hard across the
face. The phone fell down with its battery
and other accessories falling apart.
The woman became mad, cursing and
taunting the man of God for slapping her
without any concrete reason, and dared
him to slap her again of which he did.
Guns
“Auuuuwi! You have slapped me? How
can you slap me? Are you my father to
get the guts to put your dirty hands on
me? Kiangalie hiki kimzee (look at this old
man). If this is how you are behaving
without guns, which some of your
colleagues have been crying for, how
about if you had one?” the irate girl
retorted as she clicked in disgust. A battle
of words between the girl, the pastor and
other commuters — who immediately
took sides — ensued.
“Nyinyi watoto wa siku hizi mmezidi.
Mnadangany tu hata mchana wazazi
wenyu wakiskia? Mnafaa kuchapwa viboko
kabisa, (that serves her right, youth of
today are in the habit of lying even in
broad daylight)” an elderly woman, who
had thrown her weight behind the pastor,
said.
“This pastor should repent. That is
invading one’s privacy. How sure was he
that the caller was a nag this girl was
avoiding? And again, why was he
eavesdropping in people’s conversations?
Where have Kenyans gotten this Edward
Snowden like behaviours? Why is he
behaving like the government of America,
for crying out loud?” yelled an angry
young woman from the back seat.
Heed
The man of God was disappointed with
the current crop of youths who have
become quite irrational and can no longer
heed to what their parents send them to
do in school.

The helpless young woman kept mum and
kept on clicking, before she alighted at
Tuskys in Kisumu.
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