Nairobi, June 7 -- "You can't really know where you are going until you know where you have been." Maya Angelou - author

I recently did a road trip to the beautiful counties of Kisumu, Siaya and Homa Bay. Kisumu City is clean. Like, insanely clean. And, my dear Nairobians, their street lights work. I'm sure you can remember that long forgotten metal tower that would illuminate your pedestrian path or motorised road without having to grope your way through the darkness of suburban hell.

I forgot to mention that Kisumu is also the city you should take your children to experience what smooth tarmac looks like, where you don't blindly drive into a tyre bursting pothole gleefully manufactured by the same sadist-who-switched-off-the-streetlig...