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Lessons from Kamakis: What became of kazi ni kazi mantra?

A waitress serves tequila shots with lemon at XS Millionaires Club. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The long Easter holiday found me looking for nyama choma (roast meat) along the Eastern bypass, at Kamakis.

I was entertaining guests. Meat is not my favourite meal. Kamakis, a name pioneered by one of the "joints" demonstrates how the government can stimulate economic growth by building roads, the most critical public good.

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