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The art of being positively controversial, seeing something good in everything

Mtumishi35 is described in his Facebook profile as "a free living spirit who's not new to controversies". How about you? How do you take things? How do you handle different situations? Do you always conform to the whims of the majority? Well, positive controversy is an art, a lovely art if well learnt. You learn to take an alternative view and discover what it portends, and the positive impact it can bring when conformists are oblivious of such outcomes. You could even make genuine cash out of it!

For example, what was your take on the following news items?

  1. Uhuru proposes pay cuts as part of austerity measures
  2. CS Kaimenyi insists that pupils must be taught in vernacular from std 1-4
  3. Despite the tender fiasco, govt still committed to provide laptops for std 1 pupils

Did you just curse him for attempting to finish you economically by suggesting they deduct the little left instead of deducting the loan and interest reflected on the weightless pay slip?

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