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Which economy is not driven by motivated citizens?

Motorist (boda boda) operator fuels at Rubis petrol station along Koinange Street, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

It was the most classical question of our time: What would you like to be when you grow up?

In the rural areas, the answer was very predictable, and I suspect it still is - a nurse or a policeman.

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