This evening I was expecting to get a call to say that the new children’s home I and my fellow trustees were setting up in Kenya had had its final inspection and that the home manager Jec could get the last bit of paper we needed to open; a hygiene certificate of sort. I haven’t heard yet and I am wondering if there has been another hiccup. This was to be the last hoop we had to jump through and an infuriating one at that; after all what do they care about the welfare of the hundreds of street kids? Nought, yet they were not happy with us only using the 2 indoor toilets for now. No, we had to go and rebuild the outdoor ones too and the rest of it. All this, no doubt, because we always refuse to pay bribes. I repeat, always. Continue reading →