Opana purchased mobile phone credits worth $0.60 (Kshs
50) to make phone calls whenever his siblings’ widows from
the village beeped him or sent him a please call me message.
He would then call between 8 pm and 6 am when the special
Telkom service provider rates could allow him at least 20
minutes worth of ‘talk time’ for this amount of money. To
get the best value out of the discussion using the little phone
credit available, he would let the eldest widow briefly explain
the issue at hand before quickly giving his opinion and
advice over the matter. This happened at least once or twice a