A father has sworn never to booze anymore after he drunk himself silly, lost his senses and causing panic in the family.
In a true story and not fiction as it might sound, Gaspard Nsabimana 45 a local taxi driver resident in Muhima normally retires home late every evening. After a days work, he enjoys a few beers with friends before finally returning home.
He is married to Agatha with whom they have a son of 4 years named Sebastian.
However, on 8th February, Nsabimana and wife woke up to the shock of their lives when they could not see their son in the house.
Earlier on 7th February Nsabimana woke up at 6am and left for routine work. Before he left, he told his wife that he would return home at 5pm to take Sebastian to saloon for a hair shave. Nsabimana had been promising his son a hair cut since the previous weekend.
One of Nsabimana’s monthly clients paid him that afternoon and headed straight at home at 5pm to pick up his son. He dropped his son at a local saloon located at Kinamba. Nsabimana also waited at a nearby bar having a few beers.
Unfortunately Nsabimana drunk himself silly before the son was done with the hair cut. He continued drinking and forgot all about the son until wee hours of the night.
However, Nsabimana’s wife retired to bed before father and son returned but though the son had been put to bed by the father. Nsabimana arrived at 1:00AM while the wife was already asleep. When she woke up in the morning, she noticed that only her husband was sleeping where their son’s bed.
Nsabimana’s wife screamed endlessly attracting local residents in the area. She physically kicked her husband demanding he gets out of the house to find their son.
Nsabimana was in shock himself and could not believe that he had forgotten his own son. He said it must have been the housemaid who was with their son that she normally took him along for walks whenever she went for shopping.
The couple waited for the maid to return as neighbors attempted to calm the wife that was already swearing and threatening to harm her husband bodily if she didn’t locate their son as soon as possible.
However, a local electrician identified as Lando Bizimana a neighbor and friend Nsabimana narrated to IGIHE.com how the child was found with his help.
As he was leaving home in the morning, he heard the commotion only to find his friend surrounded by people and an enraged wife. When Nsabimana explained to Bizimana what had happened,Bizimana reminded his friend that he had called him at midnight inviting him for a drink.
“I would have gone but I was tired. I remember him telling me that he was waiting for his son who was getting a hair cut at a saloon next to the bar.I found it strange that his son was getting a hair cut at that hour but didn’t mention it. So Nsabimana immediately remembered where the son was after listening to me”.
Nsabimana and Bizimana immediately drove off without telling anyone including his wife and returned an hour later with the boy in the backseat of the car, unharmed with a shiny bald head.
Nsabimana humbly apologised and thanked those that had kept his son for their generosity and paid twice the amount for the hair cut.
Nsabimana told everybody that he swears to cut off from the booze for he has learnt his lesson.
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