Scaling the wall of Mandera should be an exciting military drill and adventure

NAIROBI: Good morning Mr Joseph Kasaine ole Nkaissery, our spanking new Cabinet Secretary for Interior. My apologies for belated congratulations – I hear such messages started trickling in well before your appointment was confirmed.

That’s what I think clever people call strategic positioning, and the reasons are pretty obvious: Your ministry offers good tidings for those with an appetite for public funds, especially because little accountability is demanded, given the “sensitive” nature of security hardware and equipment procurement.