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Welcome to Kenya, a nation of hardworking but broke workers

A section of Gikomba Market,  Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

You would think there is a “no-idling-in-Nairobi” warning that confronts every Nairobian like the chilling glare of the Big Brother in George Orwell’s book “1984.”

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