Luo Woman Decries Fully Booked Buses Amidst Travelling Plans: "Nikona Christmas Ya Shosho"

• A woman from Ugenya, Siaya County, has aired out her frustrations after finding out that there are no buses available to ferry her home
• According to the TikToker, she must travel home because she is the one carrying all the food her grandmother will eat on Christmas
• Her post got others who had missed buses to seek lifts, while car owners also offered to help those heading in their village direction

A Kenyan woman from Ugenya using the TikTok handle @Merhamet ASK is asking for help to travel to the village after discovering all the buses have been booked until the end of December.

With Christmas Day around the corner, most Kenyans are rushing to head upcountry by all means so as to celebrate Christmas with their family members.

Luo woman seeks help to travel upcountry

@Merhamet shared a video lamenting that she could not find a bus while begging buses that ferry people on her route to have mercy on her.

In her words:

"So I make my hair and nails and buy new clothes for Christmas and then get to the booking section and find there are no buses? And nobody should tell me that I should have started early, I did not have money that early. It is now that I have found money. But I must also go to the village. My grandmother is waiting for the things that I am leaving Nairobi with to eat during Christmas," she said.

She appealed to the bus companies that ply her route to ensure that her grandmother gets to see her during Christmas.

"Please, you need to get me to Ugenya; how I will get there, I do not know, but last-minute people must also be given chances," she added.

Watch the video below:

Her plea left many with mixed reactions, with some complaining about not having money to travel while others shared similar struggles of attempting to go home.

Here are some of the comments from social media users:

@eng said:

"Will be travelling from Mombasa to Akala naweza kuwacha hapo mahali Kisian."

@Electrine said:

"Driving to Busia then Kakamega on Thursday, who is willing? I can give them a lift."

@empress said:

"I am also looking for someone going to Homa Bay ama Ndhiwa on 24 or 25th."

@Kendubay's finest said:

"Mnibebe mnipeleke kwenu Christmas. Cooking is added advantage because mimi ni mpishi. Nimechoka kukaa peke yangu Christmas."

@Otieno said:

"For the sake of Manchester United I am willing to change my travelling date for you."

@Campbell said:

"I booked on November, and by that time, just a few slots were left, wewe baki tu Nairobi."

@Gordon said:

"Hii grandma atalala njaa haki."

Family books first class to celebrate holidays

Elsewhere, a pretty Nigerian lady recently made people appreciate marrying into a financially comfortable family.

The lady made a video capturing her husband and kids travelling to the UK to spend the December holidays.

The lady's husband bought first-class flight tickets so that his wife and children could have a good trip.