Do You Want To Be Touched? Head On To Uhuru Gardens Tomorrow!

You are probably thinking that I have lost my mind! Read ahead, you shall understand what I’m talking about! Below is the event’s bio for Touch In The Park.

“TITP started on the 30th of June 2012 and has taken off since then. It was from the outset Nairobi’s most chilled out event and still is. We have no dress code, we dis each other, we laugh together, and we celebrate our lives together. We’ve had 5 gatherings at Uhuru Gardens this far and are planning another one on 4th May at the same place.

There is no strict schedule related to when we meet to Touch at the Park, we have what we call a Democratic Dictatorship. Members go on the Group page on facebook suggest convenient dates and we eventually settle on one and make it happen.

TITP is centered on Touch rugby. Most Kenyans have become inculcated to the rugby culture since our National 7’s team started doing well in the international circuit. The founder is also an old rugby; and several female attendees are into the sport. Given that touch rugby doesn’t involve actual tackles, we have been able to include both sexes in the game. Public demand eventually decided that other games like kati (oddly enough the reigning champion is male) rounder’s and football ‘ya post ndogo’ are included.

Laughter. Camaraderie. Good cheer. Fun times. And on a side note, most people who attend TITP were strangers to each other at the outset, and now are bosom buddies and carry on interacting even beyond the Park, the good humor spills over into their work lives and young entrepreneurs have an opportunity to meet others in the struggle and draw strength and encouragement.

‘Dial-a-Drink’ has done drinks at every TITP since inception. Recent additions to the TITP family are ‘The Event Photographer’ and ‘the Unit’ who joined us at the last TITP and decided not to move on.

That said, what we’ve learned from TITP is that people are fundamentally happy, and they just need a forum to express it. So in the end, TITP is just a vessel through which we give people an opportunity to come out and chill and socialize and be friendly.”

So, so you want to be touched? Uhuru gardens tomorrow, 100 shillings only, bring your own bottle, from 1 pm to 7 pm!