Daraja mbili,'Host' to the 2nd largest market in S.Nyanza has had it own shares of dark happenings.2years ago,accidents used to happen.
One monday morning,the Daraja mbili community woke up to shocking news that someone had been murdered and dumped on the river.On reaching the scene,what I witnessed shocked me.
A man in his mid 30s hands tied using a rope helplessly lying on the cold waters.Another one was when the community woke up to a car floating on the river.Luckily,the driver had been rescued in time.The driver had slipped accidentally when negotiating a corner around the bridge.
Twice in 2 market days,there have been even more strange happenings involving a huge snake which raises it head and leads to road accidents.There were several conspiracies.One being of the ' oboba'[mushroom] .The 'oboba' euphoria.2 years ago,residents were so excited about this.Some people believe the 'oboba 'that were dumped into the river following tales if how it had backfired started renting the air turned to a huge snake.The oboba went viral after a preacher endorsed and said it could cure several illness ranging from malaria to cancer.This led to widespread use in the Gusii community.There was a claim that the mushroom had been imported from Minnesota
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Almost Every homestead had it.It would be placed in a container.Then you only needed to make 'cold power' (Strong tea) and pour it up on the container containing 'oboba'. This was perceived as feeding the 'mushroom'. Later the next day,one would sieve the water in the container into a glass, then drink it ''.No taking 'sip breaks'.
WHAT CHANGED EVERYTHING??
Romours flew in and out that the oboba was morphing into a snake.Users threw away the containers into the river.After that period,accidents started happening out of the blues.Some traders in Daraja Mbili market talked of how a huge snake would pop out under the bridge and send traders into panic mode which later would lead to road accidents.(I'll post an Audio of the one of the witnesses who has witnessed the huge snake)
AFTERMATH OF THE UNFOLDINGS
Preachers came and prayers were conducted every saturday and up to date no strange Cases have happened.
As the residents go about their daily routine,deep inside them lies the coldest story never known to anybody but them
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