21 September 2017

THE ROAD TO BAMBA

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

     Yesterday I was not very much at peace.  I had to travel through 17km = 10 miles of mud in 4 WD which took an hour and ten minutes.  We made the trip there and back and only got stuck twice.  I have a good driver. I had no idea what I was getting into and with all the rain there were only three patients for me to see.

     When I returned to the Sisters' house the TV showed the reading of the full text of the ruling which declared the presidential election on August 8th invalid, null and void.  It took 12 hours for the judges to read through all of it!

     The day before yesterday there had been demonstrations and trouble in the streets of Nairobi with major disruptions of traffic.  However, yesterday when the demonstrators gathered outside the Law Court the police tried to disperse them (both sides) with tear gas.  They scattered but returned...and so did a swarm of bees!!!  That dispersed everyone permanently and there was no more chaos.  Today has been peaceful.

     The BBC has announced that the rerun of the elections will be on October 26th rather than October 17th.  This fits in well with my schedule and I won't have to change anything again...I've already changed clinics once!!! 

     Just to let you all know that now I am at peace and all is well for the moment.  We're still not quite sure what will happen when.  But my next clinic for Bamba is scheduled for November 8th and by then this stretch of road should be tarmacked and I expect we'll fly over it like we did the first 25km = 15miles.  I look forward to that!