'Baba' has come of age, ripe and wise, if somewhat soft and a little too diplomatic

NAIROBI: Former PM Tinga – his ardent supporters still address him as Bwana Prime Minister – also known as “Baba” went to the Press this week to make a plaintive plea: It was beneath him, he said, to beg for his pension, and that he wasn’t going to be arm-twisted into retiring from politics to access it.

I think Tinga could have gained a little more mileage out of the debacle, like using that Duale line, which I will not repeat here because it is too abusive; suffice it to say it has something to do with our mothers and public resources. Only that Tinga has become such a gentleman, he cannot invoke such matusi.