It did not seem to be a rainy day and many people left home without taking precautions. But in the afternoon, the rains poured seriously. People in taxis were trapped, wondering where to hide after dropping from the taxi, for there was no hiding place from the rain. Then this reporter from a hiding place saw a young man approaching like a saviour with an umbrella to rescue the passengers from the rain. The passenger uses the umbrella till his next stop or when he gets to a hiding place and then returns the umbrella to the owner but has to chip in a little offering.
This is the kind of jobs young boys have picked up in Douala during this period that the rains are approaching. They buy umbrellas and stand at strategic positions like rond point Deido and other roundabouts where they can find people who alight from taxis without an umbrella and they will in turn make some money.
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