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Things are elephant when tots talk about inflation, and can't wait to leave school

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Kenyan Currency in the form of coins. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The youngest man of the house summoned me to a meeting recently, to "discuss business." When nine-year-olds organise business meetings, you know things are elephant.

We sat down and he dived straight into the matter at hand: he said he was considering leaving schooling to become, in his own words, a "content producer."

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