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I was disappointed after my encounter with a real 'tumbocrat'

The Kenyan politicians just never cease to amaze. I am not very much interested in the happenings of the political world, but recently I came face to face with the term tumbocrats! The term is used to refer to the selfish nature of the political class. Instead of them honoring the pledges made to the electorate, they instead chose to be self-centered. This explains the runaway graft that has crippled all the successive regimes since independence.

It was on a Saturday afternoon, I was by the roadside waiting for a vehicle to drop me home, all of a sudden a big fuel guzzler stopped next to me. The driver hooted at me, at this I moved a bit thinking that I was blocking their way.

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