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Once upon a time Kenyans kept time, obeyed traffic lights

A while back, I was on a working holiday in Europe trying to expand my business in Poznan, Poland and Frankfurt Germany. Here, I found myself asking the same question everyone asks nowadays: “Wakenya tulikosea wapi?”

Poland is not a very rich country. People here are sufferers like in a Third World country, but it’s rare to notice. They have discipline which we lack. Nairobi has more Porsche cars than Poland, meaning we have a more vibrant economy.

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