You may have missed it, but Kenya is at war with jua kali and that 'one for the road'

Mombasa County askaris frog-match one of the hawkers to their vehicle after they threw some stones to them while inside their canter van March 24th, 2015. The county askaris were patrolling along the streets when hawkers started throwing stones to them while on board their van. Only two of the hawkers were arrested and taken to court. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU].

The Kenyan system is stack against the ordinary Kenyan. Indeed, we are a nation of drivers and hawkers, smallholder farmers and hairdressers. ‘Kazi Ya Mkono’ should be our national motto.

The informal sector, as we found out over the last few weeks, is responsible for 75-80 per cent of all new jobs created, which presents an arguably dangerous contradiction with ever-increasing education levels.