By the way the street lights on the eastern by pass no longer work. They worked for some time,then off, now ni decorations tu.

True kabisa.Those street lights on Eastern bypass are all DEAD! Even the ones as close to the airport like hapo karibu na Taj Mall. Last week I passed over the overpass in pitch darkness at 11pm.

Surely nyeuthi cant be helped...I learnt that a sand carrying lorry knocked one street light and all the lights went off...nobody want to fix it.
Its clear the lights are connected in series which also points to VERY POOR design.

Nyeuthi simply need nyauno tu.

basic goods are used by everyone and their taxation is a recent thing! the poor who consume basic stuff contribute very little to the tax regime - the reason that they are being taxed is because the rich are very clever people! the rich will not allow themselves to continue carrying the burden of the country and so they find creative ways of escaping the tax net and the deficit is latter pushed onto poor people.

The poor are only needed for their votes! they bicker the whole day skive work to go for rallies and get promised free stuff that is charged on the rich....for a while at least before the rich skive these taxes and the poor have to pay for the same via things like excise tax on airtime and stuff - however the rich and middle class still carry this economy and their voices/opinions on where taxes should be spent should be listened to and weighed on contributory metrics not just on individual metrics.

If you look at your last post @masukuma, you may see all the contradiction you have, and the ground shifting.

But; who according to you needs the votes of the poor?

the politicians.... by the way politicians are not synonymous with the rich.