Dispatch from Mombasa

In my neighborhood, we live at the mercy of petty drug addicts who are called “Teja ” Now a Teja is a person who is so addicted to hard drugs like bhang and heroin and will do anything to ensure that they get a fix of the substances. And their modus operandi is in a way simple yet lethal and has left tears in many a woman.   What they usually do is lay about on matatu stages just like any other customer. Mostly they will hang near the window of a vehicle and when it is just about to move, they will grab a woman’s purse and disappear mainly in the labyrinth of alleys that is characteristic of Mombasa.   Usually they work in a hunting pack and when a person shouts thief, the rest of the team will join in shouting thief in a way aimed at providing a decoy more than helping capture the thief. When they raid people’s homes they will steal small things like sufurias and spoons, irons and DVD players. If you get one in the cookie jar he will tell you he was just trying to see if...

Dunga must be wondering what hit the Samba boys. The first time that a goal has been scored against them is also the first time that the team packs its bags and leaves South Africa. Dunga must be wondering what went wrong. At a time when his team had everything going, the Dutch with their bald heads overturned everything. And  as if that is not enough Phillipe Mello was red-carded for a hard tackle on Brazilians Arjen Rorben. But anyway, Dunga should take heart. This is Africa and it is proving to be the graveyard for big teams. He should be counting himself lucky he did not leave at the preliminary stages. He should at least pat himself on the shoulder for having done exceedingly well above England, Portugal and the defending champions Italy. His star players like Kaka, Robinho Lucio and goalkeeper Julio Ceaser must be wondering what their so called superior close knitted game gave them. Balderdash!!! Well it is not fair to punish a man who is already down, but truth be sa...