Funny Kenyans

My holidays in Kenya once again proved to me that Kenyans are just too funny. Despite all the problems facing the wananchi, people are still able to walk around in a good mood and smile. Even a lady I met in shagz on her way to collect relief food, was able to make a joke about how I had forgotten who her son was (I still believe I don't know him).

I especially found matatu touts and the workers on the farm to be funny. Below are some comments which made me laugh - maybe it's just me / maybe you had to be there / maybe you don't get the joke (I'm not going to translate them - pls also excuse my "not too sanifu" kiswahili).

In a mat from Loitokitok to Nairobi, a boy is told by the tout to stand up.
Me: Si ni mama yake amemwekea mfuko huo akalie.
Tout: Kama mama yake angempenda hivyo, angemkatia kiti.

Someone to a tout complaining about having to get luggage from the roof of a mat while it was raining: "Kwa nini ulikaata kusoma?!"

A matatu driver complaining about the driver ahead of him.
Driver: Kama barabara ni yako, si uikunje na uende nayo nyumbani!!

A person waiting to get into a matatu: Iko kiti?
Tout: Kiti iko, lakini imekaliwa.

A farm worker joking about why he finds himself having to do that kind of work: "Ni umande ulifanya nikatae kwenda shule."
Another one: Mimi nilesoma mpaka nikakuta ubao umeandikwa "No school ahead."

There were many other comments I found to be extremely funny, but most of them really depended on the situation or one would need to know what was being joked about - for example farm workers talking about working for my uncle / grandmother or them imitating my grandfather when he's mad at someone.