Roadside declarations best left in the dustbins lest they haunt you

One of the dustbins painted by the team from Creative Spills along Kenyatta Avenue. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Amazing how Kenyans have shifted drastically from the Nyayo days when one o'clock news was a must-listen. It was the unofficial designated time when significant government policies were pronounced and announced, whether by the President or his ministers. Thus, a radio was a must if you were associated with government, and especially if you were a senior government official.

Life could change rather fast and without notice - for this was the hour when government shifts and shuffles were announced. But things were to change significantly with the end of the Nyayo era.