This was the time when I came to realize the complexity of working in such a different context; upon my arrival, after waiting a month for my work permit to finish being processed, I was informed that the project I had come to work on had met an untimely demise. I then spent time taking a Swahili course, doing rotations in my organization's laboratory and traveling before being recruited onto a new project.
“Nilisimama kidete kusema Takukuru wapo sahihi na mimi nilikwenda mwenyewe kwao kuhojiwa na kuagiza wajumbe wa kamati yangu (Kamati ya Bunge ya Mashirika ya Umma), waende kuhojiwa. Spika aliyestaafu (Samuel Sitta) akaizima kashfa ya wabunge kupokea posho mara mbilimbili. Mwulizeni amesahau? Sasa leo nimzushie ili iwe nini?.”