Ndindi Nyoro invents a new language is his bid to explain Finance Bill

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You have to give it to our politicians for spicing things up in what's been a truly Dickensian week. Let me stop kizungu mingi (I'm parodying Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro), who switched to Kiswahili when English failed him and clarify that I'm simply evoking Charles Dicken's memorable book opening: it was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

The novel, of course, is A Tale of Two Cities, and it mirrors the precise circumstances of our beloved land, and the two contrasting visions of our future. On the one hand, is the vision by Prezzo Bill Ruto aka Zakayo, determined to push a legislation that will alter the architecture of taxation in this country, and potentially consign many more to a life of penury. On the other is the opposition, led by Raila Odinga aka Baba, who demands its rejection.