My trip to Geita, and what I saw

[Chachasteven]

Good afternoon all, after three and half a year since I left the place, today, I had a chance to visit Geita again when I was taking my sibling for a school interview to join Waja Schools as a form one student by next year, and something shocking came to my attention:

By the time we arrived I was asked by the teachers to go for a walk and leave the kid to do his exams and once they were done with the marking stuff they would call me to go pick him and, of course, his results, up.

After reflecting on the recommendation I decided I was going to go to a quiet and chilly place to either read or write something, but in the process of thinking where to go I recalled I forgot to carry any book from home - probably because of how hurriedly i was when we were preparing to leave Mwanza - except the ones in my phone, but trust me! You don't want to waste any single percent of charge juice available in your phone if you don't know what possibility is there for you to charge it up.

So I was stuck and kinda in a dilemma then I thought why not spend some few bucks on a book so that i kill time as I wait on the kid. Well, I took a motorcycle to town. Looked for bookshops available and they were not anywhere to be found - The only closer I came to a bookshop is when I happened across a stationary with Pamphlets(Joking). I searched and my will power got tired, nonetheless I was ready to spend the day just walking around the town so I chose to pick up a magazine. Man! There came another disaster. Despite the efforts I employed and the many places I visited there was no place my eye spotted a Mag or a news paper.

I wonder how the fu**k do these Geitese get informed. Is it that they are way ahead of the pack... like they use more internet than physical information sources?? The obvious answer is No! In no realm of possibility technology can cause such a harm to physical books and Magazines. So what is the real problem here?? The real problem is that, from my perspective, the natives suppose it is not important to have such things.

Again! For the benefit of a doubt and because I did not conduct a thorough research, I have to say, Maybe my foot steps did not take me to somewhere where what I was looking for is accessible, but gain that should alarm you; It should tell you even if there are bookshops and magazine booths/vendors in Geita they still don't reach the demand from people.

My take is that the authorities, that is, the government, citizens, and non governmental organisations need to do something about this issue. It is a shame for a place worth to be called a region to lack essential things like bookshops and Magazine booths. Look, I even doubt if Geita has a regional library! No wonder the native lead their lives in a strange way - Put their trust in witchcraft.

Dear Kanyasu, I hope you will take and implement some of the few things I have mention up there.

Having said all those, I must admit and be quite frank, the place is a nice place to visit. Its people are lovely and it is not overcrowded - No traffic jams or clueless roadside walkers. Be warned though, the weather is a bit rough for my friends who hate cold so remember to pack a coat(your woman/man) when you come.

Ciao.

 

[Perfectz]

SORRY FOR THESE GEITESE, U SHOULD START EDUCATING THEM MR CHACHA STEVEN MTOTO WA MUUZA MAGAZETI MAARUFU

 

[Barbarosa]

Inaonekana ni kama unafanya mazoezi ya English language zaidi kuliko kutaka kufikisha ujumbe, kwani ni kama unaandika insha, ...

 

[Profesa ntare nkobe]

Andika Kiswahili

 

[Aichase]

Umeandika jambo muhimu sana ila, Watanzania wengi kwa ujumla hawana utaratibu wala mazoea ya kupokea habari au taarifa kwa njia ya kusoma. Tunaendekeza zaidi kupeana habari kwa njia ya mdomo ambayo ni simulizi / hadithii. (Haswa umbea).
Pia ingekuwa vyema ukaandika kwa kiswahili au ukatafsiri haya uliyopendekeza kwa lugha ambayo wakazi wengi wa Geita na kNchi nzima wangeweza kukuelewa. Asante.

 

[Chachasteven]

Inaonekana ni kama unafanya mazoezi ya English language zaidi kuliko kutaka kufikisha ujumbe, kwani ni kama unaandika insha, ...

Practice, they say, makes one perfect. Nakubaliana na unachokisema kuwa najifunza hii lugha ya kimataifa ila napinga kidogo tu kuwa hata ujumbe naufikisha! Knocking two birds with one stone, is it not interesting?

 

[Chachasteven]

Umeandika jambo muhimu sana ila, Watanzania wengi kwa ujumla hawana utaratibu wala mazoea ya kupokea habari au taarifa kwa njia ya kusoma. Tunaendekeza zaidi kupeana habari kwa njia ya mdomo ambayo ni simulizi / hadithii. (Haswa umbea).
Pia ingekuwa vyema ukaandika kwa kiswahili au ukatafsiri haya uliyopendekeza kwa lugha ambayo wakazi wengi wa Geita na kNchi nzima wangeweza kukuelewa. Asante.

Umesema kweli kabisa na nachelea kusema upo sahihi isipokuwa sehemu moja tu; kutafsiri kwa kiswahili. Ni bora twende hivyo hivyo tu!

 

[Aichase]

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." - Nelson Mandela.

 

[Chachasteven]

Andika Kiswahili

"Kiswahili".

 

[Chachasteven]

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." - Nelson Mandela.

Noted. Thank you!