Kenyan news is bad for your health: But Zarika and Tabichi bring hope

Global Teachers Prize 2019 winner Peter Tabichi celebrated by students of Keriko in Nakuru county on arrival from Dubai. Unlike our political class, his sense of personal success is linked to success of others. He also gives us hope that we might be able to salvage this country from the culture of greed and narcissism foisted on us by the political class. PHOTO | KANYIRI WAHITO | NMG

A doctor in Kenya checks a patient’s vital signs. She asks several questions to establish the cause of the worrisome results. Quarrel with wife? No. Stress at work? No. Money issues? No.

To every question, the patient shakes his head and answers ‘No.’ Then the doctor’s face lights up.