Friday is a great day to be in Nairobi. In fact, Friday in Nairobi needs to be a public holiday.

Here are a

few things that happen on Fridays...

1. Your colleague who doesn’t usually drive, comes with a car to the office because weekend road trip thus causing a heavy traffic jam. Yes, Nairobi traffic jam is caused by that person who drives

their car once a week

2. When ladies carry the “Leo nitalala wapi?” gunia handbags

3. You get many phonecalls and text messages. These are not work related. These are for “Leo mpango wapi?”

4. When interns are extra busy because of the miracle of Friday delegtion. Hakina mtu kwa ofisi

5. When people now wear their Sunday best clothing on Friday. Back then, your mom bought you Sunday clothing because you had to show visitors you are smart. As an adult, you now know that anything is possible. You dress well because you are keeping your options open

6. Meetings are cancelled and workmates are ignoring your calls. “Hio report mpaka Monday”

7. You are invited for a harambee with the words “Si leo tuchangie mzinga”. Thank you President Moi for the spirit of Harambee and the amount of mzingas that have been bought due to contributions. This is indirectly growing the economy by making alcohol companies profitable

and creating employment, right?