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'O' is for 'order', which NCIC boss Kaparo must enforce in Kajiado, before it's too late

Good morning, Bwana Francis Xavier ole Kaparo. I don’t know if you have any hang-ups about not being addressed as mheshimiwa (honourable), which is a major affliction among politicians. They cherish to be addressed as mheshimiwa all their lives, even when they served for just one term.

The disease is more acute among technocrats: a civil servant building a road isn’t satisfied until he is addressed as “Engineer”.

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