Uriri

We had an easy journey over to our orphanage at Uriri.  There we met Kennedy Chandi, the director for this area, and Joseph, the manager at Uriri.  Everything looked very good here, and we enjoyed spending a few hours with them.  We enjoyed a great lunch a Kennedy’s house and then toured the place.

Uriri us in sugar cane country, and they have a small scale cane-crushing operation here that really helps with supplementing the income for this place.  Recently, their business has suffered because the lorry (big truck) that they had suffered a blown engine.  Rather that replace the engine in a very old (1970’s) vehicle, we were able to replace it with a newer one, thanks to a generous donation from one of our donors.  The lorry should be delivered soon.

We discussed the new medical program with Kennedy and evaluated the current clinic and nurse.  The old clinic is very small and not really suitable for our upgrades, so we will be building a new one here very soon.

Too soon, it was time to depart for Kisii and the Dados hotel.  We had time for a nice rest before dinner.  At dinner, Susie and I ordered chicken and chips (fries).  Our food came quickly, because we have learned that the secret to ordering here is first to ask what they have.  Angton, Stephen, and Jackie didn’t do that, however.  They ordered goat, and the waiter dutifully turned in the order.  The restaurant didn’t have goat, but they didn’t tell our diners.  Instead, they sent to the market for some goat to cook.  Our people waited three hours and dinner never came, so they just gave up. Welcome to Kenya!

Tomorrow, Ongoro.