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Kenyans take to the skies to beat traffic, but million-dollar question still lingers

NAIROBI: Heeep-heeeep! Heeep-heeeeep! Let’s deliver what politicians call makofi ya kilo (heavy clapping) to our city fathers for daring to dream, yet again, how city traffic chaos can be sorted, apparently without breaking a sweat.

I don’t know whose idea it is exactly, but the credit will ultimately go to city governor Evans Kidero, who deserves the Nobel Prize for Innovation – if there is one such category – and if none exists, then that should serve to motivate the Nobel committee to consider the establishment of the award.

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