Don't hold back, eat those last-minute campaign freebies

Audio By Vocalize

Being a patriotic Kenyan, this week finds me in the village in readiness for the elections. It's also not lost on me that the last week of the campaign is when the politicians go on a spending spree, showering voters with last-minute goodies.

I saunter to my uncle's place and find him enjoying a steaming plate of githeri spiced with a wedge of avocado, a gleaming machete stuck in the wet loam under him. With him is Kamaley, my cousin who always gets an emergency of a kafije when he spots me. Aunty is knitting a flowery kiondo, a gospel hymn playing on her mouth.