In PS Hinga's universe, demolishing is part of the building process

The planned demolition that Hinga announced this month, without a doubt, will leave hundreds of families out in the cold. The junior civil servants who live there have a housing allowance of about Sh6,500, probably less than what Hinga spends on lunch.

Let us, for a moment, leave the economics of Affordable Housing and focus on a simpler, commonsense question. With a two-month notice hanging over their heads, where can parents find new schools for their children? The same government has decreed no transfers will be effected mid-way.