Once seated, hawkers swarm all over the windows, trying to sell you everything from padlocks to underwear and windscreen wipers. It is some sort of psychological blackmail, for which you are obliged to fling a few coins into a hat. When pressed, one has no choice and cannot chose where to go especially if there is only one alternative, however unpleasant. Our road network is bereft of public sanitation facilities, save for a few toilets here and there. “Having seen how bad public toilets are in towns, I am not sure who will man and keep them clean.

Source: Daily Nation September 16, 2021 15:00 UTC