Poverty tourism: White woman in Kibera prophesies prostitution for innocent girl

Piece by: Geoffrey Mbuthia
Lifestyle

Poverty tourism is big business in this country. Every time a celebrity wants to feel good about themselves they either visit Mathare or. The trend is not one of altruism but that of superiority about themselves.

This attitude seeps through and is a pervasive mindset of most of these individuals. Take "jossajohansson" a user on Instagram who took it upon herself to prophesy "wonderful" things about the girl she was holding on a tour of Kibera.

She wrote:

"Dear child,

You inspire me. You inspire me to be the best person to everyone around me, even my enemies. Because I would never even want this for my worst enemie. The best thing I could ever dream of is to become succesful, to have a big family in a big house in a beautiful country. When I asked you what your biggest dream was, you said ”to dance”..... One of the most happiest moment in your life was probably when you met me and my friends, and you asked me when I’m coming back. I am sorry to tell you that there is a very small chance that we are ever gonna meet each other again. In two years you are going to meet a grown up man that you have never met before, you two are going to have a child, and then if you are lucky he’s gonna stay with you, but he will probably leave you alone with your child in your small home made of mud and tree’s. You will probably sell your body to someone else to earn money for your child. 

I could keep on talking, but I just want you to know that there is hope, there is. Dreaming could be your saviour, dreaming could keep you alive. 

Dear child, keep safe."

This was the image that went along with the caption:

Most of her followers were inevitably infuriated by this fu*ked up assumption and they responded in kind. Some of the reactions are below:

  • miss_shishy @that_eccentric_dude she needs to show us her location.... she is a complete idiot
  • josag_You need to pull this post down, disgusting human being
  • dimankosi What in the actual fuck!!!! What fuckery is this!!! The level of foolishness in this is appalling! How can one be so arrogant! How dumb! stupid! insensitive! Ignorant! Can one bitch be!? This really puts a lot of what's being said about blondes in perspective then huh?!
  • lindamueni This is just Bull..
  • itzlaurhoney Bitch wtf
  • ysabel__Suck my balls
  • itzlaurhoney Ignorant as shit
  • rendanimudau Unfollow this bitch guys
  • too_leigh You are bitter, crazy, insane, cold hearted! You are one bitch, who just took this picture for likes, you didn’t feel sympathy for this child! You are going to burn in hell! God is going to deal with you !
  • rendanimudau _gasheriii White suprmacy my ass!
  • that_eccentric_dude@miss_shishy she needs to move fast or we will kick her out! Tf how do you insult our community like that