Recently, Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho proudly told the nation that he was proud of his D-. His own senator is currently using the same politically. Exit the Coast and enter the capital city and you meet Senator Mike Sonko who fondly feels his single E is better than a string of Es of his political rival. I am assuming that the situations and grades in question were genuinely obtained. If that is so then are we over dramatising or are we politicising the issue of grades?

To the extent that entrepreneurs create new businesses, they are important. It is the path-breaking offerings by entrepreneurs, in the form of new goods and services, that result in new employment, which can produce a cascading effect on the economy.