When I was in primo, my lady teacher saw Njuguna peeping from under my short, she called out that a lizard was emerging from its hiding place and should be made to retreat. From that day, onwards, I used to be called Njagathi by class mates. I however made good use of the nickname whenever a girl would call me Njagathi as I would propose she lets the lizard have a day. It allowed me to break the ice easily and at any given time, I had six girls going by me.
If you practice your feet for long, they grow larger and stronger. Ibo saying.
I was the real shaft.
By inference, the man is all that Mr Phantom is not: an untrustworthy radical, divisive, too many enemies, a dictator, and a persistent liar...Gaitho dialogues.