Broke? Speak for yourself as wealthy Kenyans snap up luxury cars, bikes

Last week witnessed two separate events held in two cities 255km apart but whose ramifications somewhat etch into each other. One laid a foundation for the dissolution of borders, the other — a blueprint of a new constitutional order — among other things sought to establish the country’s territorial integrity. Both have been described as landmark in more ways than one.

Even for the greatest optimist in town, it will be a while before this cocktail of a Government makes out what its priorities really are.

It is easy to tell that the Government has given up all forms of authority in Eastleigh – the fastest growing business hub in the city.

Guys with megabucks have a million little ways to spend it. It doesn’t matter how they earned it, they can always use it to portray an image they want the public to see of them.

My good friend who runs a construction firm in the city with sound annual turnover has not been a happy man lately. His sully moods have little to do with collapsing buildings, but the inability to get his tax refunds amounting to millions from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).