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If only Kenya were one giant supermarket

Shoppers jostling for subsidised maize flour at a supermarket in Nakuru last month. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

One of the most orderly places in Kenya is a supermarket.

We shop quietly, full of joy, fill our carts while smiling and finally queue to pay. We rarely jump queues. Customers are a mix of colour, race, socio-economic class, gender and all measures of diversity.

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