Memoirs of a GDC intern

On the next day, as obedient as I have always been, I reported at the Polo house GDC  (Geothermal Development Company)  office at 8am, ready with my PPE’s. I got to know my other attachees apart from my classmate, there was Patrick, Nashilobe and Njoroge….hence the short forms Pato, Nash and Njoro. We were then referred to Generation House that housed the Drilling Operations department. There we met Mr. Stephen Kangogo, the Chief Drilling Engineer and yes am always amazed by this simple kind man, not just because he also did his Engineering at JKUAT like me, but also due to his understanding approach to issues.

He welcomed us for a cup of tea as he planned for some logistics to ensure our learning process was in place. As we finished our cup of tea, we caught a first glimpse of drilling operations at GDC  (Geothermal Development Company) through a management meeting that was just organized int the same room we took our tea just as we were leaving the room. There were a few presentations set up and though we could not understand much at that time, we saw something to do with well progress….anyway, not important for this context.

To our disappointment, Mr. Kangogo called us back to his office and humbly requested us to come on the next day as the logistics were not yet complete for our integration into the field. So we left with our “new” friends and decide that since we were new in town we would walk around till we were tired and then take a nap to prepare for the next day because just as we were leaving, we met Mr. Koloi who really talked to us in detail about how good life was at GDC  (Geothermal Development Company) and emphasized on how much work there was especially in the field at Menengai.

This meant that it was one of our free days in Nakuru so we really went out and had fun so that when we start going to Menengai we would not regret it….consolation my friend.