A couple wore torn garments, others wore old nightdresses, shorts and assorted underwear that had seen better days.
This colleague, with a chuckle, and willing to laugh at herself too, informed me that she didn’t look any better.
A colleague of mine, who lives in Nyayo Estate in Embakasi, was at home asleep when that gas explosion happened last Thursday, burning down Mradi, an informal settlement in the area, injuring over 300 and leaving several dead.
She says that when the first blast went off, she thought it was a gunshot, but wondered why her bedroom window was vibrating. When the second blast went off, she was sure that it was an earthquake, only for the third blast, louder and scarier, to rend the air, during which a red light filled her bedroom.
