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Much as Kenyans talk virulently against appropriating things that don’t belong to them, PETER NDORIA looks at how, beyond the lip service, we treat everyday pilferage as a normal, expected and even heroic way of life
Victor was a keen coin and stamp collector in his high school years and liked to show off his collections. One time, he flaunted this to a their houseboy. That was a big mistake, because when he came back from his school holidays the next term, he found that the house help had been fired and his coin and stamp collection missing. Of what use would they be, he wondered, since the coins were worthless.
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