Health
In Kenya, alcoholism is a mass disease
I did not touch any alcohol on my wedding night. I had pictured my wedding night before, and frankly I had not ever imagined myself, entirely sober. But I sat there elated with an ear to ear grin, as alcohol was passed around me, in front of me; I also participated in passing it around, then I turned to my bottle of mineral water. I was learning the taste of water and reading faces of the unfortunate looks the people drinking around me gave me before forgetting about my existence turning to laugh their hearts out in self absorbing alcoholic bliss. But I could take…
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A banking Midas touch on hospitals
Like any reasonable man, I do not like visiting hospitals. But working at the bureau, you get medical insurance and with a little discomfort, you rush to the hospital to satisfy that devil insurers call the moral hazard. I had agreed to return to the Nairobi Hospital but as soon as I saw those toll stations, I knew I would regret my decision. I know this question has been asked before and possibly answered, that maybe hospitals should drop the plan to charge parking fees. I have always come across this argument that once malls and hospitals are prohibited from charging, rogue motorists will troop…
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