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Is Kenya's economy drowning?

There is a new brand of felons in town. They are a rare breed. Unlike the ordinary miscreants and felons, these fellows have an above average IQ, boost of the best education, degrees acquired locally and internationally. They are sophisticated, they walk with a spring in their step, they are well-groomed, eloquent plus they have a taste for good things in life.

They are admired by the majority of us due to their influence and the grandiose they showcase. They grace our screens get interviewed by ‘leading’ anchors in our ‘number one’ television stations. They bombard us with tales of their rise from grass to grace. They are our role models. Some of them were chairing board meetings in their early thirties as opposed to majority of us who have only moved one level up in our ten plus years work life.

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