Kisii pastor pedals old bicycle from village to Nairobi in search of driver's job

Pastor John Otayo is a trained and experienced driver, but getting a job had become extremely hard in his home county Kisii, so he opted to try his luck in Nairobi. Dressed in sacks and rags and armed with a placard and a yellow polythene bag carrying a few personal effects, Otayo jumped onto his aging bicycle and off he left for the capital city in search of a greener pasture.

We gathered the poverty-stricken man of the cloth spent more than a day on the road from Kisii to Nairobi where he reportedly arrived on Friday, November 16, and immediately made it clear to anyone who cared to pay attention why he was in the city.

"Pastor John Otayo from Kisii County is looking for a job. He's a driver by qualification. He has travelled from Kisii to Nairobi to seek greener pasture. His mobile number is 0722851343," a Facebook post shared by one of those privy to Pastor Otayo's job-hunting mission indicated

Although the long ride to Nairobi evidently took its toll on Otayo, he was excited for having made it to the city, safe and sound. A blogger by the name Olivia Moraira claimed she saw the poor and broke man of God pedaling his bike somewhere along the Kisii-Narok road while traveling to Nairobi. Upon arrival, Otayo was spotted hanging out at Afya Centre where some of the public service vehicles (PSVs) ferrying people from Nairobi to Kisii and Nyamira usually park. He could be seen hanging on his neck a white placard with words scribbled on it, a driver's license clutched in his right hand and with the other hand holding the bike.