He boards another bus to the town Centre. It is now two days after the day he was expected to land in a blaze of glory in Nairobi with pomp and pageantry. Everybody has given up the hope of ever seeing him. Many consider the whole thing a hoax. Those who were in the forefront in making preparations for his coming swear never to be duped again.
Life goes back to routine.
People go to work. Youth loiter in the streets without any hope of getting employment. Thieves rob banks. Women get mugged. Patients visit hospitals that have no drugs.