Politicians' art of persuasion, and the missed opportunities in teachers reaping from strike

I’m writing this with a tinge of nostalgia, when Mexican soaps would be interrupted – usually in the dark of night – by a presidential address, and a familiar, heavy baritone would declare: “I have only one wife...”

Wifely matters can be riveting, especially when they weigh heavily against the functions of the State, so Kenyans sat to rapt attention pondering how many in our midst had the luxury of counting the women within their connections.