The Dusty Gataka Road

By Omondi Otieno ØS

The Dusty Gataka Road comprises of two stories, Friday, July 31, 2020 and Night fall. Day break, which are basically a description of the the Gataka Road and its environs. Friday, July 31, 2020 is a story of a peculiar encounter on Gataka Road that actually happened. Night fall. Day break is a story that highlights the contrast between the morning and night life along Gataka Road. The Dusty Gataka Road was written as a tribute to where I'm from, the place where I grew up and have called home for most of my life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Omondi Otieno ØS
• Release date: Aug 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005714932

Omondi Otieno ØS

i'm black sheep of the family, philosopher in the making, struggling writer, unconventional artist, born sinner, disturbed soul, badass visionary.

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The Dusty Gataka Road.

By Omondi Otieno. (ØS)

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Night fall. Day break.

Friday, July 31, 2020.

Copyright 2020 Omondi Otieno. (ØS)

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Night fall. Day break.

Night fall.

I pressed shuffle on my phone to que the music as I walked up the stairs from the basement section of the Qiuckmart complex, immediately the music boomed in my ears; it was DJ Snake’s The Half. I nodded to that stroke of serendipity as it was indeed a Friday and I was about to go off. I had my weekend bonus in my pocket and I was looking to blow off some steam after a long week of work.

As I stepped onto the ground level of the complex I was hit by the various coloured lights of the numerous neon lights that advertised various businesses: STATEMENT CLOTHING read one, XTREME MEDIA read another, PIGGY KING read yet another not missing the very obvious QUICKMART sign as it was the largest around. Smoke was in the air, as it usually was every evening, from the mutura joint at the edge of the parking lot. The smoke was accompanied by the faint but tantalizing aroma of mutura grilled to perfection, this was perhaps the best mutura joint among the numerous joints that dotted the length of dusty Gataka Road, not only was the delicacy well-cooked but they also had rather high standards of hygiene, which