John K Kariuki
From my social roving, it is apparent that many gatherings can do with accomplished masters of ceremonies (emcees). But many people don’t bother scrutinising the public credentials of the characters they bestow the responsibilities of emcees, ruining otherwise good functions. And scores of Kenyans, stingy as we are, won’t hear of paying for a skilled emcee’s services and often opt to improvise, by giving the most talkative or worldly-wise person this role with disastrous results.