The well-dressed gentleman who caught my attention was carrying a black polythene bag. And after easing himself into an empty parking slot outside Taco Bell Club (formerly Arturo) along Moi Avenue in Nairobi, he proceeded transforming himself into a woman.

First, he fished out a black skirt from the polythene bag and wore it over his pair of trousers. He then carefully folded each leg of the pants upwards so that it was completely covered by the skirt. In doing this, he uncovered a pair of socks that denied him a few points from the intended feminine look. Next, he removed a headscarf from the plastic bag and carefully tied it around his head ’shags woman’ style.

He then proceeded to smooth out the new attire over his non-existent curves, leaving him looking like a careless woman who left the house in the clothes she slept in.

Satisfied with the desired effect, the man moved a few paces to an open space next to the big City Clock near the Kencom bus stop where he loudly proclaimed that his name was “Nyengese”, and that he had just reported to his “office”. And within a short while, the man had attracted a sizeable crowd of Nairobians to benefit from his verbal and gestureculatory comedy.

And soon, coins were dropping around his feet, decorating the concrete floor of his “office” with shiny spots of copper and silver.