The Counselor

Moses Oupoi (generally referred to as just Odu), eldest son of Pehninah, is fondly nicknamed the Counselor. Counselor is another term for politician, and though not a formal member of the cabinet, Odu would make an excellent one. They call Odu the Counselor because he knows EVERYONE. And not just everyone in Isinya where he lives, I suspect he may know everyone in the whole country. Anywhere you go its going to take two to five times as long to walk down the street because Odu has to shake everyone's hand and greet them (unlike me he doesnt shy from the molting lepers). In kenya social relationships are considered the foundation of society, which basically means it doesnt matter if you never show up for work because you were shaking everyone's hand along the way. For the impatient, or even if youre just in a hurry, this makes life rather trying at times since it feels like nothing will ever get done (and quite often this is the case) however it also builds an incredibly strong sense of community and base of support. I suspect a perfect world has a mixture of western dillgence and kenyan courtesy.