My taxi driver to hobart airport was Madut a tall stauesque Kenyan who had grown up in Nairobi and then migrated to Tasmania on a scholarship to study commerce. He was keen to return home to marry his high school sweetheart and bring her to Australia. he mentioned that Hobart was too quiet for him after the 24/7 life of Nairobi.
We discussed the dangers of east Africa and he admitted that street kiuds high on Khat, a drug they chew will often assualt tourists they believ are making unecessary displays of wealth. He told me that an Indian lady with gold bangles had her arm chopped off on Haile Selassi Avenue by a gang boy who wanted her jewellery. The crime was witnessed by local police who gave chase and then stopped as theperp threw a gold bangle from the amputated arm distracting the police officer and then made his getaway.
Madut mentioned his father had five wives and over 30 kids. Polygamy is legal in Kenya
He reckons that if he goes back to Nairobi there will be a queue of girls who will want to marry him and come to Australia.
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