At this rate, we will be killing kids for not completing homework

School children from the Lang'ata road primary school scramble up a bridge

Living, mentally, as they do in the 1930s (when they all had planes and they could slaughter coolies for building a railway line within 10 miles of their verandahs), expatriates are rarely very up to date, and are seldom responsible in their social opinions.

But recently, an event occurred that saw expatriates discussing Kenyan ‘current affairs’ with an enthusiasm they haven’t felt since Isaak Dineson won the Nobel Literature Prize for being patronising about her servants.