In the past couple of years I have been trying to find out
exactly what kind of influence the Chinese have on our fine country Kenya.
Truth be told I am no fun of the ‘Ching Chong’ invasion, I feel that we can do
some of these things that they are doing for us on our own. How many degree holders sit at home with no
jobs while foreign companies take over these jobs that we so craved for when we
laboured and worked ways around the system for years in colleges and campuses
all over Kenya.
Well I finally have something. My friend Selly went to the
shop this morning an came home with a special gift from the shop lady. Before you
read on keep in mind that while our government is busy making deals to BUILD OUR
COUNTY- VISION 2030, they forget that vision 2030 is not just the
infrastructure… but also the little things that make us who we are. What do you
see when you look at this picture.
A cigarette… well may I shock you… sure, I will do exactly
that, this is a form of candy; according to the shop keeper. I live in the suburbs
of Nairobi – Kasarani, so this is not the city centre, if a shop in the
middleclass suburbs can have a sweet in this form – of a cigarette being sold
to kids, in primary schools and even younger! Where are we going as a nation,
is it really that important to have great structures all over the country and
have our children’s morality faced because no one at the seaport or the airport
thought to check what exactly was being imported. I am not perfect but I think
that this is negligence of the highest order. ‘This Cigarette-sweet’ is inscribed
in Chinese symbols illustrated below.
Like any other sane person out there my friend and I tasted
the sweets! Little white pellets inside… they tasted horrible! These may easily
been the worst sweets EVER created! As part of brainstorming, to answer the
questions in our minds… it hit us like a hurricane that these might actually be
Nicotine Tabs…. And am thinking, why the fuck could possible Nicotine Tabs be
sold as sweets in shops!
“We have failed this
city!” We really have… or rather they that run this country have failed it!
I need to have a serious chat with our local shop keeper. What will you do
about this…?
Nekh
