Gishagi

 

I was taking a brisk leisure walk when a thought crossed my mind. What if I decided to leave my ambitious dreams of living in the city one day to live in the calm serene environment of the rural setting. It was one thoughtful walk as I looked on the green cover and the nearly dusted folks wearing dirty and tattered casual clothes maybe after a long morning working in their farms. Nowadays, unlike the then golden days, the city is filled with atrocities that would make a commoner relish life in the village. From drugs to nightlife, the city is to the brim with guilty pleasures. It was in the recent dailies of how our sisters in the city are making men run for their money for the sweetness of love, an action that makes men lose their value in the long run. If you would ask me for the hundredth time, I would prefer a warm cottage in the leafy Gishagi to black tarmac in some posh estate.

            I could contemplate that the life of a villager revolves around few duties that keep the individual in check for a lifetime. For instance, a young man my age would start the day by milking cows, providing the same cows and goats not forgetting the chicken food, and then maybe later fending to some farming activities. In the city, a man the same age could be working in an office for close to nine hours crammed to a desk and computer working out the fruits of their labor. Ask me, I would rather fit the cool breeze in the morning and the chilly nights of Gishagi.

            Prior to some observation, kids from the rural areas tend to handle life in accordance to its demands and needs. Furthermore, it is probable they could adapt to changing environments with much ease as compared to the kids raised in the city. Ironically, the same rural kids come to dominate the urban space when they grow up and become adults. So, the question begs, are rural settings the best life incubation hubs in our modern society? Having dished out reasons for this claim, it would be advisable for young couples maybe to consider having two homes, this is the generation that overcomes challenges, right? Having one home in the urban space and another in the rural setting could be a score for both the parents and the children. I would be glorious if I raised my kids such a rural setting. It is a common phrase that older generations had different games as compared to the ones their offspring played. It is true as nowadays, kids play on their smartphones as we grumbled to our mothers and fathers down to buy us the famed Brick Game.

            Nowadays, because of devolution and the presence of county governments in Kenya, villages now have electricity and tarmac roads. Maybe, now the likes of Gideon Moi would love the rural areas. It was his father’s moment of pride when the latter embraced village life. Who knows if the village we live in today will develop into the towns we know of in our present times? That I have to see picking coffee in my farm with my kids after taking a hot cup of uji, cheers to village life!