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The Dilema With the Hepatitis Crisis

There is a growing number of Kenyans who do not know what to do following the abrupt outbreak of the Hepatitis crisis. While the scandal may have been a “passing cloud”, serious enquiries at KSB by concerned personalities indicate that the so called scandal may have advanced into a serious health threat that may have put some lives in danger, wrecked others and left others in a state of deep anxiety.

The health threat emerges when suddenly, it becomes apparent that there is a good line up of Kenya-Stockholm girls who loyally spread out their legs for the Hepa dude under circumstances that may have exposed them to infection.

At least two have claimed that they simply had a one night stand but the problem is that although the girls have said that they used protection, there is still no condom when it comes to kissing. Given that Hepa can be transmitted through saliva (at least according to some medical experts), there is now no telling who has and who hasn’t picked up Hepa especially within the known or imaginary “Hepa net”.

Some paperless girls who were simply “testing out things” to see if there could be any “paper development” reportedly allowed their pants “to be peeled down to their ankles” as a way of making contact but now, they are in a quandary following the eruption of the Hepa scandal.

However, the biggest problem is that girls who are said to have engaged the alleged Hepa guy (we have no evidence that he has it) are also said to have been distributing the goods liberally as part of the “Paper hunting” strategy. Since some articulations were one night stands, the girls then proceeded to peddle the goods even further within the Kenya-Stockholm community and, according to rumour experts, only Kenyans who have been zero grazing may be out of danger. It is a typical case where your old cow you have been milking “for generations” may have saved you from serious danger.

At Vasa Temple, there is no doubt in the minds of some leading Kenya-Stockholm gossipers about the extent of the problem. According to a Kenyan currently writing his thesis on “Authenticity of the word of mouth” and who took contact with KSB, “any Kenyan dude or dudette who is unattached and who has been liberal when it comes to hanyaring should go for a Hepa test”. That is how it goes.

Initially, it was like this was just another KSB scandal that would fade away with time but in reality, it is the situation that is getting desperate with time. Another problem is that nobody can ever point a finger at a specific Kenyan and claim that he may have been responsible because there is no proof. What we have are rumours and propaganda. The only credible source which could be cited is a contact who claimed in an sms (msge on file) that he or she knows that the guy in question is the Hepa guy.

One big problem within Kenyans in Stockholm is that there are people who are very good in germinating rumours to attack or get to a perceived enemy. Since there has been no evidence presented in this case, what are the chances that the story is not true? I know of a case in which some Kenyans claimed that a fellow citizen was suffering from Aids. When the rumours reached fever pitch, the Kenyan approached KSB with a medical report signed by a Swedish doctor and which showed that the Kenyan was negative.

Does the woman know about it?

When rumours was spreading some times back that the Kenyan was positive, the thing appeared so real, just like in the current Hepa case. Given that so far, no evidence has been presented, is it OK for the entire Kenyan community to go by the script that there is a Hepa guy on the loose or should there be new and extra steps by members of the Kenya Stockholm community to dig into the truth of the matter with a view to limiting the damage or spread of this untreatable disease? The background is that in Sweden, it is a criminal offence to knowingly spread a disease like Hepa and the penalty is jail.

Look at it this way. This is a guy who is believed to be married so there is a woman in Stockholm who is also feeling the heat especially when the Hepa subject pops up. This woman (if the story is true) has friends and good contacts. When she reads in the blog that his guy is the Hepa culprit, she ought to be affected as a human being. Obviously, if the story is true, then she knows about it and if it is not, then she still remains one person who ought to be in the know.

It is impossible for your guy to be infected with Hepa and still remain without a strategy on how to handle the matter so the assumption must be that the couple may have reached their own personal deals especially on the question of hanyaring. I am raising this point because if the guy has been hanyaring at the rate that is being estimated by observers, the wifero must know about it.

If she has not yet done anything, then the guy could be hanyaring outside with her consent and if this is the case, there is no telling whether the woman is also being hanyad by some vikaria stationed somewhere. To cut a long story, we could be dealing with a case in which agreements had been made leaving the guy a free spirit in the hanya field. What may not have been part of the vision was the possibility of being caught and the story spreading in Kenya Stockholm.

There is one certain thing. Whoever leaked the story must be having nuts to crack with the guy. If you don’t have people fighting you in Kenya-Stockholm, then you are just an “ordinary person” who could pass for an odiangabuk. The more you are attacked in Kenya-Stockholm, the more you become more of a celeb. Assuming that the Hepa story is not true, then it is the enemy who has had his/her day in town. However, if the story is true, then Kenya-Stockholmers could be facing a deep crisis. As for now, there is a general uncertainty about what needs to be done to straighten up things because no one is ready or willing to take any bold action that may put the matter to rest. We are in a situation where the Hepa story could be real or it could be sheer propaganda. What we can confirm is that the information was transmitted and we have evidence.

What cannot be confirmed is whether the information which was transmitted was true or false. Who will do the confirmation, whether positive or negative? Before this can be done, talk about the Hepa guy will remain a rumour. This is the dilemma with the Hepa story.

Okoth Osewe

August 29, 2009 Posted by makozewe | News & Analysis | 15 Comments