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We will pee on your ‘plot not for sale’ sign

It is only here where we ‘sell’ properties that do not belong us, and then go to court to defend our ‘rights’!

I always smile, rather mischievously, whenever I come across a ‘plot not for sale’ sign. It reminds me of how difficult it can be dealing with a group of people called Kenyans. It is only here where we are audacious enough to ‘sell’ properties that do not belong us, and then go to court to defend our ‘rights’!

A columnist from neighbouring Uganda once wrote in one of the regional weekly magazines that the reason why Kenya is East Africa’s economic powerhouse is because of the ‘legal’ manner in which we handle disputes no matter how trivial they might appear to be.

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