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We love boasting of the countries we have visited. We want our friends and even strangers to know we have been to “places.” I heard one Kenyan talking about how he watched Kenyan news while in Canada.
There is an aura of mystery and sophistication associated with being abroad (majuu). Perhaps because many Kenyans will never leave the country, let alone fly. Those abroad do all they can not to delate the myth. That is often their source of status.
The mystic is made worse by the fact that we see planes every day but never fly. Add the complication of getting into a plane.
No one asks for our identification document (ID) when boarding matatus or nduthis! Boarding planes was easier before September 11, 2001.
