Uasin Gishu scam proves ours is a land of limitless possibilities to steal and look good

Uasin Gishu parents protesting over the missing of school fees and airlift money for education studies in Finland on August 9, 2023. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Kenya is a strange land. Many moons ago, in the county of Uasin Gishu, some folks decided the best way to accelerate our fabled march into modernity was to enhance the skills of the youth in the county, much the same way students' airlifts were organised in the 1960s to the US.

But unlike its forebear, the Uasin Gishu project did not look to North America, though it did later; the main destination for its youth was Finland. Here, the youngsters would take up courses that steer them on the path to prosperity.