{"id":13297,"date":"2024-11-28T11:39:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=13297"},"modified":"2024-11-28T11:39:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:39:56","slug":"miraa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/miraa\/","title":{"rendered":"My experience with a dare devil miraa pickup driver from Meru to Nairobi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uK7pTu9_DBw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">I am informed that I need to be in Nairobi the following day for some engagements. I should be there by 8AM, the following day. But I should be in Meru till around 5pm on that same Monday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">There are two ways to it, travel overnight, ama nichukue zile matatu za 3am ndio nifike by 7am.<br \/>\nNa gari za miraa za usiku. And just like that, I decided to take them. I get a number and call the guy, he is so relaxed on call, and he promises to pick me at 10PM.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Having heard stories of thrilling speeds and how mtu anapanda gari na soda anashidwa kukunywa all through, I decide sitakula, I might ninii kwa gari.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Guy arrives some minutes past 11pm, he has two passages so he gives me a number to call. This particular one is driving an Isuzu, apparently the only Isuzu pick-up delivering khat (I stand to be corrected) currently. I call the number and the guy tells me, kaa hapo niko Kianjai nakuja. Kianjai is about 16kms from Makutano.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The guys who was to carry me tells me: \u201cmtatupita, kuja na huyo. Hiyo gari ako nayo ni rweeni (lightening). Ngoja utajionea\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Am like, I think zote ni rweeni. But ni sawa.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Shortly after, anafika.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">He is alone. Mimi pap, kwa gari. It is a Toyota Hilux, 2.8L not the 2.5L, note<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">If I give you a ride, lazima nikwambie ufunge belt, hii sikufunga, I was holding my small bag. The guy turns to me and tells me; \u201cfunga mshipi\u201d. Hapo nikajua baaaaas, Abraham, Moses, Joshua see you shortly.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Now, these guys do not drive fast, they just maintain a speed. Simple. That is all you need to know.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">So this is what happens, if incase I, (them in this case), do delay with say 2mins, I must recover. The speed was doing roughly 120kph. Mahali tuanapata na a small snarl-up (snarl-up hapa ni kitu ya 1 min), the car will do 130-140, why? To recover the time lost (yes, that 1min is very important).<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Something else to note, these guys will only overtake when they have done their math. Mimi nilikuwa naona, boss, c upite? He was like, kwanza unapiga hesabu. Usipige mtu, usijipigishe. So unlike wale wa acha nikanyage chini kabisa nione kama nitapita, these ones are, are am I sure? Yes or NO, not maybe.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><b>BUMPS:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">It is not all bumps that watapita with those neck braking speeds, nah. Those who have been to Meru will know very well that bumps zenye ziko katikati ya Meru town na Embu ni mingi kama kizungu ya\u00a0<a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm\" style=\"color: #000000\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/162764357076198\/user\/1514540468\/?__cft__[0]=AZXFCN6f_sR4OPs3mn3GpJHue-t-PStGzQag3Z1PkZdqEbh8Ob7061Jz4J1UO4urpB1arHY7-fkyoKuKl0jPJUeX9t1HuhMFn4bj6F0hN7TssPiBJ-hgL8-9qMdeUdp3edZdIjGMww6vgOGGxADVKbBzVPax-EneDGuQ8NpWhl7gYUi6K3rAcme1_Ka-KkYShB8&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\">Baraza JM<\/span><\/a>. But these guys know which to slow on and not.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><b>CORNERING:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">They were the scariest of them all.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Mimi kupiga corner na speed ya 80 labda kama sijui ni corner. 110-120, and the car was stable enough. That tells you that the aftermarket engineering is something to write home about.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><b>BRAKING:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The best I ever experienced. Gari inasimama ikiambiwa.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">FYI: Unlike wale wenu hungoja zinaanza kulia kama Watoto wa baby class ndio you change them, most of these cars you make two trips and change the brake pads. Safari ya Nairobi that is. Ya Mandera maybe once<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><b>STOPS:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Just one at Kenol, that lasted like two mins. We recovered them, hapo ndio nilisikia roho ikiwa kwa socks<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><b>BROTHERHOOD:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">These guys know each other by their kid\u2019s name. I remember one calling saying he had gotten to Meru headed to Nairobi but did not trust his car, the response, wachana nayo gari ingine ikujie. They do not take chances, never.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><b>CONCETRATION:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">This particular Hilux had an infotainment screen, it was blank all through. I told myself: \u201ckama ni music nataka nilifaa niingie kwa club.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Either the hands are on the steering wheel, or on the gear lever (which is the least used!)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x1e56ztr\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Oh, yes, the guy with the Isuzu was right, tulimpitia somewhere in Chuka. Akatupita hapo Kenol.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Authored by <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1heor9g xt0b8zv xo1l8bm\" style=\"color: #ff6600\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/162764357076198\/user\/100066819261657\/?__cft__[0]=AZXFCN6f_sR4OPs3mn3GpJHue-t-PStGzQag3Z1PkZdqEbh8Ob7061Jz4J1UO4urpB1arHY7-fkyoKuKl0jPJUeX9t1HuhMFn4bj6F0hN7TssPiBJ-hgL8-9qMdeUdp3edZdIjGMww6vgOGGxADVKbBzVPax-EneDGuQ8NpWhl7gYUi6K3rAcme1_Ka-KkYShB8&amp;__tn__=%2CP-R\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1nxh6w3 x1sibtaa x1s688f xi81zsa\">Phineas Imaana<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"xh99ass\"><span class=\"xzpqnlu xjm9jq1 x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x10l6tqk x1i1rx1s\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/span>owner of Kleen CarWash located in Maua Town, Meru County<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am informed that I need to be in Nairobi the following day for some engagements. I should be there by 8AM, the following day. But I should be in Meru till around 5pm on that same Monday. There are two ways to it, travel overnight, ama nichukue zile matatu za 3am ndio nifike by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1925,1975],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pickup","category-road-safety"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sej6K6-miraa","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/miraa.jpg?fit=1210%2C727&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}