Baumann in Germany moving this crazy 290 ton load. 4 trucks pulling and one pushing all with added weight on the drive axles. Also notice the guys steering the trailer sections.
@latestnew00 But we still remember one guy who walked the earth two thousand years ago! He only lived for 33 years but right now billions are praying for one thing or the other in his name.
Consider a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operating a long-haul route such as New YorkโNairobi. A fully fueled aircraft can carry approximately 126,000 litres of jet fuel. At an estimated KSh 200 per litre, fuel alone can cost around KSh 25 million for a single journey.
Now imagine the flight carries 200 passengers, each paying an average fare of KSh 100,000. That generates roughly KSh 20 million in ticket revenue. Before accounting for crew salaries, maintenance, airport fees, aircraft leasing costs, insurance, catering, and other operational expenses, the airline may already be operating at a deficit on that route.
However, the airline's value extends beyond its direct profitability. If those 200 passengers each spend approximately KSh 500,000 during their stay in Kenya, they inject about KSh 100 million into the local economy. That spending supports hotels, tour operators, transport providers, restaurants, retailers, and countless small businesses while also generating tax revenue for the government.
In this sense, even when an airline struggles to make profits on certain routes, it remains a critical driver of tourism, trade, investment, and economic growth. Its contribution to the national economy often reaches far beyond the revenue reflected in its own financial statements.
For long-haul routes such as New YorkโNairobi, there is also no practical alternative. Air travel remains the only efficient means of moving large numbers of people across continents in a way that supports modern tourism and international business.
Traditionally, the Kalenjin did not bury every deceased person. Burial was reserved mainly for infants who had not yet cut their milk teeth, people who had borne children, and certain elders.
Most others were taken into the bush and left for hyenas to consume, sometimes with a small enclosure left open for them. When burial did occur, it usually took place in or near the cattle kraal, often on the dung heap.
The body was typically wrapped in an ox or goat hide, laid in a specific position (men on the right side, women on the left, head facing east), and covered primarily with cow dung, sometimes mixed with soil.
Milk, beer, or food offerings might be placed with the body, and a tree was occasionally planted on the site. The grave itself was not treated as highly sacred; the spirit was believed to join the ancestors or remain connected to the family and cattle.
Death was seen as polluting, so only a few close relatives (often a son) handled the body. Simple purification, mourning periods, and inheritance rites followed.
These customs largely ended with the spread of Christianity and colonial influence; today nearly everyone is buried decently & on family land.
NB: Photo used for illustration purpose only.