Getting close to the end of the term is the most dangerous days on campus. It is the time where most students go broke and will do anything to survive the last days of vigorous studying for the end of term exams. The irony is that the examination period is when there is little or no food. Almost Everyone on campus goes broke and we termed it the SEASON OF BROKIE.
The Brokie intensifies its tentacles to the point where “the rich” on campus became those who had a few bar of soaps and canned food items otherwise known as ‘Tin’. They had an upper hand in what is called the “barter trade system”; where you provide a tin or bar of soap for a bowl of food at ,Apatase, the bush canteen. For those with nothing to offer you just have to became an errand boy for the rich just to get a bit of the food available to them through their trading.
Another group of Rich folks were the Hair barbers. You buy your own razor blade and come along with a bar of soap/tin or you pay them with cash. I bet you these guys don’t go broke.
The blessings of the Lord is said to be only with those who get visitors during these last few days. The food their visitors bring which is ‘Home Cho’ is for their choicest of friends. The exceptional rule is that you must be present at the time and must see the food being consumed to be able to partake in this sacred act.
The Dining Hall becomes a full house with the “Dada Bees” even struggling with the commoners over pieces of bread. In such periods ‘Scattey’ (Scattering of food) is adopted mostly by the boys to get the chunk of the food. It was such a lovely season to fight over the left over food with the ‘Nkafua Boys’. Oh for those Nkafua boys I will talk about the wahala they cause on campus later.