THE JOSHUA’S UPGRADE

 

THE JOSHUA’S UPGRADE

Through the help of his daughter, Waitherero, Joshua’s brother Mwangi relocated to California USA. Waitherero was already in California for about 20 years. She had been a nurse for the first 15 years working tirelessly for more than 12 hours a day in 3 jobs. By luck, Waitherero had joined hands with another Kenyan, Kioko as well as another lady, Bianca from Bahamas and started an outpatient nursing business. The business had done very well, unexpectedly beyond expectations. Waitherero’s Mother had passed on about three years before and since then, her father had never been the same, turning out to be a little bit more thoughtful and reclusive. Waitherero and the siblings had noticed a big change in their father’s behavior which made her convince her siblings as well as her dad, to join her in California, so that she could take care of him.  Eventually, Mwangi and her four children; Waitherero, Eric, Justus and Nancy agreed to the idea of Mwangi moving to the US. It was not an easy decision especially for the aging Mwangi but sounded like California would be good quality of life for him in his sunset years. However, before Mwangi’s relocation to the US, several decisions needed to be made especially about his home In Kitisuru and his clearing and forwarding business. It was decided that all would meet so that a decision could be made as regards. For both, none of Mwangi’s children was willing to be involved because they themselves were successful in their own chosen fields. The house, no one wanted to live in the same house that they grew up in as Kids. A decision was finally made to sell the house and first, close relatives would be given priority if any were interested. As a result, Mwangi met his brother Joshua taking time to convince him to buy the house and of course, Mwangi was selling it to him way below the market rate with a flexible prolonged payment plan. This would be in addition to Mwangi’s shares in full in the clearing and forwarding company that he co-owned. It took time and consultations with his family but eventually, Joshua agreed to move to Kitisuru. His Kitengela home was to be left for Mike, but he would also pay an agreed amount periodically and eventually buy it off. That money from Mike and more would be used by Joshua to supplement the payment plan for the Kitisuru home. When time came for Mwangi to move, he did and three months after a few look-up changes to the house, Joshua’s moved to their new home in Kitisuru. In the same period, Mike also moved to the Kitengela home, and everything looked like an upgrade for the Joshua Family. Joshua and the wife particularly loved the new environment, which was much quieter, cool and fresh. By the time the Joshua’s moved into the new home, the couple had no children in the house but for weekend visits by their children and grandchildren. The monthly meeting remained and all would gather in their Kitisuru home every second Sunday of the month as was the family’s custom. Ruth was now a form 1 student at Ruchu Girls High school in Murang’a. David was still in 4^th year and was now close to completing his IT degree at KU. Sebuleni restaurants were doing very well. Mike and Hellen were tasked with looking for a new location for yet another branch. And so were Joshua’s on another upgrade.

@Stephen Mungai