Murkomen displays mathematical prowess, even though his numbers simply don't add up

Transport Minister Kipchumba Murkomen. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Transport Minister Kipchumba Murkomen, who likes to display his designer watches, was irritated by the inaccuracies demonstrated by Kenyans lamenting about the increased rates for use of the Nairobi Expressway.

Without lifting a hand to reveal the latest adornment on his wrist, Murkomen displayed advanced mathematical skills. "First the increase is not 50%. If you take the maximum increase which is from Sh360 to 500 you will get a difference of Sh140. If you divide Sh140 by Sh360 and multiply by 100 you will get 38.89%," he wrote on the social platform X.