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Photos:Uhuru to attend Masai morans elections, 100 bulls, 300 goats to be slaughtered

Oltuati age set morans dancing on April 23, 2014 in Iltilal location Loitokitok. President Uhuru will be officiating in another function like this in Imbirikani on Saturday next week where more than 3, 000 warriors will graduate after electing their leader Kajiado Jubilee leaders on Friday met in Loitokitok to plan the President’s attendance in the election of Oltuati Nyongulo moran in…

Unfortunately, even in Kenya, when a guy says "hey baby," it is creepy. Today was a non-program day and I FINALLY got to sleep past 730am! I didn't wake up until 930 except that I went to bed at 2 so I guess I still didn't get very much sleep.. I took a nice WARM shower (the generator was on for whatever reason = warm showers) and I actually GOT READY aka put hairspray in my hair and put eye makeup on! We spent the afternoon in Loitokitok - I LOVE wandering around that town. As soon as we got out of the cars we saw a sign for a "supermarket" (actually a really small shop, but it had aisles!) and I stocked up on more snacks (not that I need any). Then me, Averil and Katrina went to the bank to get money from the ATM/exchange USD and ended up making friends with the customer service guys. It was one of their birthdays (BIRRRRTHday as Daniel would say) so we got biscuits :) Next we took the short walk to the AIDS clinic so that we could buy jewelry from the mama's store there. After, we had no plans and just walked around town. We went to a store that sold a bunch of school supplies and I bought Kiswahili work books (probably meant for kindergartners literally). As we were walking we saw 2 white guys *MZUNGU!* and we stopped and talked with them for awhile - an older man was from Boston and moved here and started a business to help the locals sell their jewelry and handicrafts, and a younger guy volunteers here through some organization similar to the peace corp. Our last stop was a true African salon where a BUNCH of us got our hair braided. It only cost me 800ksh ($10) to get my whole head braided - now its going to be SO easy to take care of my hair on expedition I'm so excited! 

I forgot to mention earlier that last week we tried goat meat for the first time. When I say "tried goat" I mean that we bought a goat, slaughtered it, and roasted it over a fire. I did not participate in the slaughtering, but apparently someone holds its back legs while someone slits its neck while it cries and cries and cries in pain. I saw it laying down with its neck slit open, tongue hanging out, eyes open, about to get cut up and I walked away the next second. It seems cruel, but one of the only purposes of owning goats here is for the meat (and for milk). We're just not used to seeing the actually slaughtering, but just imagine how horrible beef factories are...