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Kenyans' views on the matter of a Master's degree holder riding a boda boda for a living

Kenya: Leonard Kweyu Olando: Even a thermometer has got many degrees but it ends up working in the stinking hairy armpits of human beings.

Martin Bogonko: Kenya has the most wasteful system of education, which robs its people of their time and money. Imagine you engage your kid in books from the time they turn three years old all the way to university only for them to become motorcycle riders?

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