Swiss-Based Family Seeks Answers After Mysterious Death of Their Father in Kenya

Nani, you have to get prepared for many things simultaneously. I dont know how long you have been away, but if its more ten years, you are just a Kenya by name, meaning, you will be a stranger in a country you call yours; or simply, you are will be starting again from the scratch. Na nikuambie uso usoni, utaandamwa ni wengi wanaonuia kukupora au kula ulichokuja nacho.
Prepare yourself, Sir. First build or buy a home kulingana na mfuko wako. I assume you have a family. Ukiweza, jenga tunyumba or start something that could bring in something small for you at the end of the month before you arrive here. Dont come here with all the benjamins and think that you could invest instantly or do all this things at the same time. Zinaweza kuisha kabla hujamalizia. And dont just pack up you bags kwa hasira uje hapa. Starting a new life anywhere is not easy, even kwenu nyumbani. Pciking up or getting results fro what you started takes between 2-4 years at most. Kenya is a man-eat-man society. Once you arrive, depending on how are, go under for a year or so, and dont settle where you are well known. Kuwa unatembea huko tu. Dont rush to start any business. Take your time. I have tried several and all Kenyans want is a pie of your sweat. I dont know how old you are, but either way, dont show off that you came loaded, especially to your relatives, villagers, friends notwithstanding. Those people you used to help or someshas are useless, they will never help you. Ile 50, 100 or 500 hundred dollars you used to send them kwa kale kanamba .... After two five years, you will realize what 50, 100, 500 dollars was a lot of money once you wipe out your savings. Getting them to give or loan to will be unheard of. You will feel abused, misused and conned. Stay as low as you can. I pray that you had some investment here and there. That's good. There are the best shock absorbers to cushion you. Dont trust anybody, your mother, father, sister, brother, old friends...treat everybody with suspicion, even Idavethi. With time, you may pick one to hold your hand along. Dont buy a car and immediately start driving your self. Configuring your left handed brains to right hand scenarios will not be easy. Either buy and hire a driver or use Uber. Give yourself anything from six months. This is a chaotic country. When crossing the road, dont worry about motorists, worry about nduthis. Be ready to have food shock(foods here are very strong for your digestion system), culture shock etc, and a culture of very dishonest shameless people. Otherwise being at home have made me younger and less worries. I can go to church, attend social gatherings without getting worried about going to work or pay useless unending mountain of bills. I live a simple life. Bill yangu ni maji, stima, and phone scratch cards, which i can choose to buy or not. Unlike in the US where I used to have many bills excluding trouble-making credit cards and other loans. So much for that. You can give me your temporary email where you can ask me what i may have left out. Disclaimer: my advice might not work for you because your goals for relocating might be different, coz we are different individuals. Use it as a guideline or info center. But may work for you.