Stories abound of Kenyan women whose hearts
melt and knees become weak seconds after a man
introduces himself to them as a foreigner,
preferably a white man, a west African (especially
a Nigerian or Ghanian) or a Congolese. Most
Kenyan women accuse their male counterparts
for not being romantic, caring and loving. And
they take it as holy writ that foreign men are a
better deal.
Unfortunately, some rogue foreigners have
discovered this weakness in Kenyan women, and
are now milking it for all its worth; using and
dumping them with appalling impunity. Some of
these women allegedly ‘give it up’ on the very first
night of their meeting with the said foreigners and
before they know it, they have been dumped!
Take the case of Rose Atieno. She could not resist
when Yemi Adesanmi, a man who introduced
himself as a Yoruba from Nigeria hit on her. He
was irresistible, she says, and his accent alone
not only tickled but excited her.
“No man speaks in as a way as sweet as Yemi. He
had a sexy accent,” she says. “Besides the accent,
there is just something very charming about him.
I fell for him instantly. The next day we were at
his house, enjoying ourselves. In less than a
week, Yemi had vanished. I don’t know what
happened.”
oil tycoon
Yemi’s apartment turned out to be a house rented
by a different chap who deals with imports from
Nigeria. How could he fizzle out on her like that,
leaving her high on teenage stirrings of romance?
It is a question that Atieno is yet to find an
answer to. There are more Kenyan
neighbourhoods, especially in Nairobi, that teem
with brothers from far west. You need not
investigate them to know where they come from;
they are loud and their accent tells their
nationality.
Many Kenyan women currently date Nigerian,
Ghanian or Congolese men. A good example is a
popular socialite who claims to be dating an oil
tycoon from Nigeria. She, of course, is definitely
(at least for now?) enjoying an oiled life.
That, coupled with a tweet that went viral by a
famous Kenyan TV girl that she has eyes only for
foreigners because Kenyan men score last in her
list of those who know how to take care of a lady,
provokes questions that deserve answers. What is
so special about foreign men? Many men wonder.
Atieno is not alone. In the leafy suburb of
Kileleshwa, not long ago, Eunice Njeri became
easy prey for a man of Norwegian origin. “He told
me I was beautiful and bright. Every day we
bumped into each other, he took my hand and
kissed it.
Every other week I would receive a bouquet of
colourful flowers – with a card that told of his
love for me and how special I was in his heart,” a
giggly Rose says, as she talks to this writer over
coffee.
The said man (name withheld), now relatively well
known in the business circles, has a sweet
tongue, and plays his cards close to his chest. Sly
and witty, he took his time and showed no
interest to rush Njeri to bed.
For over three months, the man straddled the
fringes of her life; posing with the character of a
caring man interested in a long-term relationship.
When he was done ‘babysitting’ her with love, he
invited her to his palatial house. She didn’t resist,
even slightly, his lecherous moves. At last, the
long-term relationship was consummated.
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