Just the other day . . .
Yes I was talking about the unhealthy boozing culture that is creeping into our society. The situation I was talking about happened at one of the coolest places in town: the Queen of Sheba.
You know with the advent of peace Juba has become really vibrant. There are lots of new hotels, some in tents, others in prefabricated strutures and some are just putting up concrete ones, and the commonest thing they share: a bar! And they serve food too.
I was chilling out at the Sheba the other day. The place is in Hai Malakal, just near MSF offices. (If you are Juba bred person, it is opposite house of Abel Alier). The place is cool man. It has a resort atmosphere, designed in wooden structures and thatched roof. There is Ethiopian DVD playing out of a TV screen in the corner, as the smell of “Njera” floating from my neighbours table tantalizing the tastebuds. And the beer was flowing . . .
Outside NGOs cars were parked: UN, UNMIS, MSF etc. There were also lots of cozy new SUVs with GOSS number plates. You know then there are big government people in here.
And then it happened . . . (To be continued)
