Tough call for Kenyans as fortunes are reversed

Clothes vendors follow William Ruto's swearing-in through their phones along Kisii Aghakan walk on 13/9/2022. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Folks, ni Kubaya. This succinct summation means things are thick. So thick indeed, some six million Kenyans wielding phones can't afford to place calls daily because they are hard up.

Now, now, I'll admit I don't usually return reverse calls, mainly because I thought some chaps are adept are "flashing," which means dialling and disconnecting before the other party can receive the call. All you'll experience is the buzz and then nothing.