In Tanzania, gravy trains come special — recipe for indigestion

People use a bicycle to ferry goods across flooded Morogoro Road in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on May 7, 2015.  PHOTO | DANIEL HAYDUK | AFP

There is something that has come to be known as a “gravy-train”, which depicts a political and governance system characterised by excessive luxury and easy living, obviously at the expense of other members of a society, community or nation.

Such a situation is to be observed in our midst, and especially in times of economic hardship and other difficulties facing the people at any given time.