Carjacked in Nairobi, Kenya

This is a short story of historical fiction based on a real incident that happened to me in 1998. In the story I use my fiction name, Dr. Musa.

SUMMARY

After working in Geneva for about five years, Dr. Musa arrived in Nairobi Kenya in January 1998 to start a new job. Three months later, he was carjacked. At first, he was scared that the carjackers were going to kill him, but they assured him that they were looking for money to feed their children and they did not intend to hurt him. He believed them. He relaxed as they continued driving him around Nairobi in the night in his car after emptying his pockets. He relaxed so much that he fell asleep and had to be woken up by the gunmen to let him go with his car as they went their way on foot. Dr. Musa's family reacted with shock. At first, they were reluctant to join him at his work station in Nairobi, but over the 13 years he spent in Nairobi, his family's love for Nairobi increased. His daughters learnt driving on the streets of Nairobi. After Dr. Musa was transferred from Nairobi to Washington DC in Jan 2012, one of his daughters, a physician, returned to Nairobi for a clinical attachment in The Aga Khan Hospital. During the clinical attachment, March to April 2012, she drove a Toyota Land Cruiser every day to work, in Nairobi, alone without family.