Waziri Mayai Wa Maradhi
JF-Expert Member
- Jan 28, 2026
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The problem with Africa's corruption, is the perpetrators believe it can insulate them from the problems they create. Chivayo who made hundreds of millions of dollars from the Zimbabwean exchequer, could not insulate himself from the failure of the Zimbabwean state. His remains and those of his family were out in the open for nearly 24 hours. It doesn't matter though, they were already gone.
Pierre Nkurunzinza of Burundi, allegedly died on a runway in Bujumbura as Burundi officials pleaded with the Kenyan government to allow them to fly him here during Covid. Imagine how messed up your country has to be for you to fly to Kenya for further treatment?
In 2012, President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi, died in an ambulance in Lilongwe waiting for the government of South Africa to allow them to fly him there. The private ambulance staff that took him to the airport, removed his remains, lay them on the grass and left. They didn't even have a bedsheet to cover them. South Africa already knew he was dead and did not want to be used to obstruct the succession process. By the time the remains were flown to South Africa for embalming, the body was in such a sad state, it's said they had to literally keep the body exposed to the sun for chemicals to set. You steal and pillage your country to the point your remains have to be flown abroad for embalming.
African elites are old. Much older than the populations they rule. They need good healthcare more than anyone else. Yet they imagine they will always have access to foreign hospitals. Robert Mugabe robbed Zimbabwe for years. In the end, the country could not even print passports for some members of his family to visit him in hospital in Singapore.
This sounds like it's far from us in Kenya. It isn't. No matter how much money you have, if you were to have a medical emergency in Nakuru today, you would die here by the way. This is Kenya's third largest city. The Nakuru level 5/6 hospital is the Second or third largest hospital in Kenya by bed capacity, but a medical emergency here, would be terminal. No matter how much money you have.
Pierre Nkurunzinza of Burundi, allegedly died on a runway in Bujumbura as Burundi officials pleaded with the Kenyan government to allow them to fly him here during Covid. Imagine how messed up your country has to be for you to fly to Kenya for further treatment?
In 2012, President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi, died in an ambulance in Lilongwe waiting for the government of South Africa to allow them to fly him there. The private ambulance staff that took him to the airport, removed his remains, lay them on the grass and left. They didn't even have a bedsheet to cover them. South Africa already knew he was dead and did not want to be used to obstruct the succession process. By the time the remains were flown to South Africa for embalming, the body was in such a sad state, it's said they had to literally keep the body exposed to the sun for chemicals to set. You steal and pillage your country to the point your remains have to be flown abroad for embalming.
African elites are old. Much older than the populations they rule. They need good healthcare more than anyone else. Yet they imagine they will always have access to foreign hospitals. Robert Mugabe robbed Zimbabwe for years. In the end, the country could not even print passports for some members of his family to visit him in hospital in Singapore.
This sounds like it's far from us in Kenya. It isn't. No matter how much money you have, if you were to have a medical emergency in Nakuru today, you would die here by the way. This is Kenya's third largest city. The Nakuru level 5/6 hospital is the Second or third largest hospital in Kenya by bed capacity, but a medical emergency here, would be terminal. No matter how much money you have.