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The working culture in Kenya vs Abroad

I have never been to the United States or China, but I hear these people work on a daily basis. People keep time and work throughout the year. In China and Japan, for example, people are very punctual, that is, they don’t waste on unnecessary issues. Their focus is to complete the job at hand.

In Kenya, however, people want to stay in the house all day long. Young people want to watch movies all day. Children want to watch TV all day. Politicians want to play politics every day throughout the year for five years. Everybody wants to post a photo on Facebook or Instagram every day from Monday to Sunday. The working class wants to drink from Wednesday to Saturday.

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