Skimmed milk and social media are not strange bedfellows

Milk on the way to the market. [XN Iraki]

Almost 60 years ago, Kenya’s white highlands changed hands with Union Jack (British flag) lowered and “God Save the Queen” replaced by “Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu.”

After uhuru, my elder brother recalls picking skimmed milk from depots of departing mzungu as the rest of the milk was converted into high-value butter, ghee or cheese.