Siku ya tatu baada sherehe, Bahari Girls Trust ilitoa taarifa rasmi.
**Uongozi wa muda umeagiza uchunguzi wa miamala isiyoelezeka yenye thamani ya shilingi milioni 3.8. Afisa wa zamani wa programu, binti huyo Mbarak, ameondolewa wakati uchunguzi unaendelea.**
Hakukuwa na neno *ameiba*.
Lakini radio, blogs na comments zilijaza neno hilo bila msaada.
binti huyo alisoma taarifa akiwa katika cyber café ya Likoni, mbele ya computer ambayo spacebar ilibidi ipigwe mara mbili.
Amina Jillo, wakili wake, alipiga simu.
“Usijibu online.”
“Wanasema nimekimbia na charity money.”
“Tunaomba full ledger, board minutes na access logs.”
“School landlord ana receipt yangu.”
“Good. Hifadhi.”
“Na projects nyingine?”
“Usikusanye kwa panic.
Tutafanya preservation list.”
binti huyo alifungua file ya zamani aliyokuwa ame-save kwenye personal drive. Bahari Girls Trust ilikuwa na project codes: KLF-HOSTEL, LKN-CLINIC, TANA-RELIEF, MSA-GIRLS-LAB. Kila transfer ilifungamana na invoice, receipt au beneficiary list.
Lakini million 3.8 ilikuwa figure anayokumbuka.
Miaka miwili iliyopita, trust ilipokea donation kwa coastal maternal-health van.
Gari halikunuliwa kwa sababu Mbarak Logistics ilikuwa na tax dispute na bank account ya group ilifungwa kwa muda. mzee Said alimwomba binti huyo akopeshe trust kupitia design income na donor instalments.
Pesa ziliingia account yake kwanza, zikatoka kwenda suppliers.
Board iliahidi regularise.
Haikufanya.
Sasa transfers zilizopita kwenye personal account yake zilionekana kama diversion.
binti huyo alitafuta email ya mzee Said.
Account ya family domain ilikuwa imefungwa.
Old messages kwenye phone zilikuwa chache. Wengi waliongea kwa call au dining table.
Kikulacho ki nguoni mwako.
Tatizo halikuwa tu mama yake.
Mfumo wa family ulikuwa umezoea kutotenganisha upendo, kazi, loan na favour mpaka siku mtu anahitaji proof.
Mtu wa cyber café akamwambia time yake imeisha.
binti huyo akaongeza dakika thelathini kwa KSh 50.
Akatengeneza list ya kila transaction anayokumbuka, source, recipient na witness.
Kisha Mama Asha akapiga simu.
“Rent imeingia. Mungu akubariki.”
“Usiseme nilituma.”
“Kwa nini?”
“Trust inaweza kusema nimetumia donor communication bila authority.”
Mama Asha alikaa kimya.
“Mwanangu, wasichana wanakula kwa pesa gani?
Authority au chakula?”
“Vyote vinahitajika.
Tuandike receipt vizuri.”
Mama Asha akasema landlord ametoa receipt ya full payment.
Akatuma picha kwa WhatsApp.
binti huyo ali-save kwenye folders mbili na email ya Amina.
Mchana, client wake mkubwa wa wedding outfits alituma message.
**Pole kwa mambo ya family.**
**Kwa sasa tunasitisha order mpaka audit iishe.**
**Hatutaki scandal.**
Deposit haikuwa imelipwa.
binti huyo akajibu kwa heshima.
Client mwingine alitaka refund ya fabric deposit, ingawa cloth ilikuwa tayari imenunuliwa. binti huyo akatoa invoice na policy, akakubali refund ya balance baada fabric cost.
Alipohesabu, aliona hawezi kulipa clinic debt na room deposit bila order mpya.
Yusuf Bakari alimkuta nje ya cyber café.
Walijuana kupitia flood-relief training ya trust. Alifanya kazi na ferry safety contractor na volunteer rescue group.
“Uko sawa?” aliuliza.
“Swali kubwa.”
“Jibu fupi?”
“Hapana.”
Yusuf hakusema pole ya aina inayotaka story.
Akamwonyesha notice kwenye phone.
Community hall ya Likoni ilihitaji uniforms za kitchen volunteers na repair ya life jackets za training.
Budget ilikuwa ndogo.
“Nilisema najua mtu,” alisema.
“Umesema jina langu?”
“binti huyo. Si Mbarak.”
Hilo lilimfanya acheke.
Wakaenda hall.
Committee ya wanawake watano iliketi chini ya fan iliyokuwa inageuka polepole. Walimwuliza price, timeline na deposit.
Hakuna aliyeuliza DNA.
Mwenyekiti, Bi.
Khadija, alisema, “Tumeona habari, lakini hatutalipa scandal.
Tunalipa kazi.”
binti huyo akatoa quotation.
Walijadiliana.
Deposit ya KSh 18,000 ikaingia kwa M-Pesa.
Hiyo haikumaliza tatizo.
Ilimpa siku kadhaa.
Jioni, account yake binafsi iliganda.
App ilisema:
**Transaction restricted pending legal review.**
Amina akapiga simu baada dakika.
“Mbarak Trust imeomba preservation order ya temporary.”
“Pesa ya project mpya pia?”
“Account nzima mpaka court hearing.”
“Wateja?”
“Tutafungua client account ya wakili kwa funds mpya, lakini lazima terms ziwe clear.”
binti huyo akaketi kwenye bench karibu na ferry.
Watu walipita, engine zikitoa moshi, watoto wakiuza karanga.
Simu yake ikaita kutoka number isiyojulikana.
Mwandishi.
“binti huyo, tunakupa nafasi ya kujibu madai ya milioni 3.8.”
“Nitatoa kupitia lawyer.”
“Je, ulikuwa unatumia charity money kulipia matibabu yako?”
Swali lilimfanya akae kimya.
“Ulipata medical treatment kupitia trust?” mwandishi akasisitiza.
“Hapana.”
“Una ugonjwa gani?”
“Nimekataa kujadili afya yangu.”
“Public ina haki kujua ikiwa pesa yao—”
binti huyo akakata simu.
Dakika tano baadaye, blog iliandika:
**ZAWADI AKATAA KUELEZA UGONJWA UNAOHUSISHWA NA FEDHA ZA TRUST.**
Hawakujua ugonjwa gani.
Kutokujibu kuligeuzwa kuwa confession.
Usiku, alipata room moja Likoni kwa landlord aliyemtaka deposit ya miezi miwili.
Yusuf alitaka kumkopesha.
“Hapana.”
“Si gift.”
“Bado hapana.”
“Manze, pride yako pia ina rent.”
“Na help yako ina terms gani?”
“Ulipe ndani miezi sita.
Andika.”
Walitengeneza note kwa mkono, witnesses wawili wa committee wakasaini.
Yusuf akatuma deposit moja. binti huyo akalipa nyingine kwa cash aliyokuwa nayo.
Huo ndiyo msaada alioweza kukubali.
Una jina.
Una kiasi.
Una mwisho.
Kesho yake, poster ya Bahari Girls Trust ilitoka na picha ya Leila akiwa karibu na wasichana wawili wa publicity event.
Caption:
**The rightful daughter begins restoring integrity.**
binti huyo aliona akiwa anashona life jacket.
Hakulia.
Akatuma receipt nyingine kwa Amina.
Ifike siku ya ukweli, hakutaka kushinda kwa watu kumhurumia.
Alitaka kila shilingi iwe na mahali ilipolala.
Amina pia alimwambia afungue account mpya ya biashara isiyohusishwa na family domain, na kila order mpya iwe na invoice, deposit na consent ya kutumia picha.
“Huwezi kujenga defence kwa receipts za zamani halafu biashara mpya ibaki kwa WhatsApp tu,” alisema.
binti huyo akaenda bank ndogo karibu na Likoni market.
Officer alipoona surname yake, akamwuliza kama yeye ndiye msichana wa habari. binti huyo akasema ndiyo, lakini application ipitiwe kwa documents, si headline.
Officer akasoma registration ya biashara, tax PIN na letter ya wakili.
Account haikufunguliwa siku hiyo kwa sababu compliance review ilihitajika.
“Kwa muda gani?” binti huyo akauliza.
“Siku tatu hadi saba.”
Kila system ilimwomba asubiri wakati bills zake hazikusubiri.
Bi.
Khadija alipendekeza chama ishikilie deposits kwa muda, lakini binti huyo akakataa mpaka rules za chama ziandikwe.
Hawakukasirika.
Walitengeneza resolution ya temporary custody, signatories wawili na weekly statement.
Huo ulikuwa utofauti kati ya community help na family help aliyokuwa amezoea.
Community ilikubali kuandika hata pale trust ilikuwepo.
Usiku, poster nyingine ilitokea:
**DONORS DEMAND ANSWERS FROM DISGRACED HEIRESS.**
binti huyo akasoma neno *heiress* na kucheka.
Jana walikuwa wakisema yeye si mrithi.
Leo walilitumia jina hilo kwa sababu scandal ilihitaji title kubwa.