This is for you Gome
A couple of years back, I accompanied my colleague and friend Gomezgani Zakazaka to Limbe Market to buy relish and upon our return to his Manja neighbourhood, I was startled to see a group of kids aged between four and six, who upon seeing his plastic bags containing the relish they burst into Thomas Chibade’s hit song “Ngowawa Ubatchala, ngowawa ndikakwatire kwa Mayaka zabwino.…”.
Upon inquiring, I learnt that the kids were actually taunting Gomezgani that he was paying the price for being a bachelor, suggesting that it was time he got hitched so that his wife could take over such tasks.
Oh, yes it has indeed been sometime for my little fella and on Sunday, it felt so good to see him walk down the isle with his long time sweetiepie Veronica Mukhuna. At long last, no more taunts from those naughty kids. There were even times I feared that he would become a career bestman because he has played that role in over 50 weddings.
Where Gomezgani used to walk long distance to Limbe Market to buy mitu ya nkhuku, ma paratrooper and anjole type of fish, it will now be her better half Vero, whom I call ‘apongozi’, taking over such tasks. No more munching chapati [nkute wa dzulo] and boy, no more roasting dried utaka on a candle. The wedding could not have come at a better time than the current chilly season.
Over and above that, Little Gome holds a very important position in football circles, he is the head of competitions at Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and hopefully, now he will channel his energy towards drawing up a proper harmonised calendar. Since he took up as head of competitions at FAM, there has been sanity in the calendar of events and but hopefully it can get even better with ‘apongozi’s’ inspiration.
On a lighter note though, you are now a family person, fella. And in case you had ‘branches’ [MG2, 3 and so on] elsewhere, it’s time to cut ties now. By the way, I hear you will also be required to sign visa forms when you want to go out and have one or two, but surely 2am will not be an ideal time for you to pop in at home, or else those naughty kids will resurface with a different tune: “Achimwene muzigona kunyumba, alamu akudandawula!” Wishing you well guys. Glory be to God. Uloliwe..Uloliwe wayidudula hii…Neng’asiza [The train is pushing].
