@JoelJirane Business.
They import cheaply from China using their personal companies, pay using our taxes, get their cut, then give the things to raia.
Profit + bonga points = politician.
Opening X (Twitter) immediately after waking up to check the state of the world is basically our generation's version of our grand fathers reading the newspaper every morning.
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My white coworker Jen wanted to come to a Nigerian party with me. I warned her three times. "It's not like American parties." She said she's been to weddings before, she'll be fine.
We get there 8pm. Invitation said 6pm. She's confused why we're not "late."
I explain we are late. We are early-late. The bride hasn't even started getting dressed.
She watches an aunty walk in two hours after us in a full outfit, gele standing taller than the DJ booth, and get applauded like she just landed a plane.
Jen leans over. "Is she... important?"
"No. She's just on time for Nigerian time."
Then the spraying starts. Money flying everywhere, people dancing into the pile like it's their job. Jen watched a woman bend her knees and spray three different denominations without missing a beat of the song.
Jen tried to participate. Pulled out a twenty. Approached like she was tipping a valet.
An aunty grabbed her hand mid-air. "Not like that. With confidence."
Jen sprayed the twenty so hesitantly it just kind of fell off the bride like a leaf giving up.
The DJ asked if there were any special guests. Someone pointed at Jen. She got pulled to the middle of the floor and handed a microphone she did not ask for, to say something nice about the couple she met forty minutes ago.
She said "they seem really happy together" and the whole room erupted like she'd given a TED talk.
She left with no shoes, a stomach full of jollof, and the firm belief that Nigerian aunties could run the UN.
Anonymous
The next parliament will be full of jokers if Kenyans are not careful. We might end up having the likes of Kanyari in parliament. But as we say, parliament is a reflection of the choices people make.