Facing Mount Kenya, squaring up to some home truths and broken promises

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua during a trek along Mawingu Trail on the slopes of Mt Kenya on March 18, 2023. [DPCS]

I was in the village early this week, communing with clansmen in a wake without a bonfire. It wasn't very cold and the night was young. Now, I have to qualify that my village is in the city, so to speak, and it's also home to the newly minted pensioner, former Prezzo UK.

I can afford to name-drop, now that I hear Prezzo UK has started receiving his pension. Wealthy folks are always welcome in the village, as cash is in short supply and local taverns could do with the sort of injection only a past Prezzo can afford. For when your father's image is on the currency, how can one claim to be broke?