The phrase “Pandora’s Box” comes from the ancient Greek story about a character named Pandora, who was given a box as a wedding gift but was ordered not to open it. Eventually, curiosity overcame her and she opened the box, releasing death, evil, and misery into the world.
These past few weeks, the media has gone gaga with a “scoop” called The Pandora Papers that seem to have excited many people in Kenya and internationally. To give these papers a Kenyan tint and a truly local smell, please, let’s just call them the Dandora Papers.