Palaver

The spectacle of thousands of swallows weaving and dodging is mind boggling. Funny, though, there are no accidents mid-flight. Just happy chirping chatter as they snatch insects off the air. Can you compare this with drivers of two vehicles on a Kenyan road, recently refurbished and clearly marked, ramming head-on carrying several, innocent, fare-paying souls? Is it blinding headlights? Dodgy service? Unscrupulous cops (and bribe-giving driver/tout) with arms outstretched for kitu kidogo? Naked impunity to the Highway Code? Or would bird-brain be an insult to swallows and all birds in general?

Strange to relate as Third World leaders are in New York seeking help to end hunger and tackle famine. These are the same countries whose leaders zoom about in luxury, chauffeur-driven, fuel-guzzling cars, line pockets of arms dealers to buy weapons only seen at national day parades, grab forest land and water catchment areas, ensure loyalists and family streak from a life of penury to unexplained wealth and still visit the West (and now the East) with begging bowl. Get a life folks. Starvation is not a disease. It results from man-made errors of omission and commission. And they are preventable!