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HOW DID YOU GET THAT JOB?

CAN SOMEONE RECOMMEND YOU FOR GOOD SERVICE?

By Robert Macharia. Kenya.

et us have a mature con- only to get insults. The idea here the following day or week. Then by
versation today. Have you is you do not wish to go to jail for Monday, they have a backlog of old
ever wondered how some breaking someone’s face because files which they can’t start sorting.
Lpeople qualify for a job? they are related to somebody who Probably, it’s 3:00pm in the after-
You had a good morning, nice tea or can single-handedly smite you off noon and they feel like they have
coffee with some good vibes only to the face of the earth. Have you ever only 30 minutes to leave the office
land on a moody, rude, intentional been in need of a government docu- and go home to do nothing. Anoth-
day breaker. That is when you would ment that is urgently required to get er likely scenario is that it’s a Friday
pay anything not to ever see that in person from a government office? and after 2:30pm all the authorized
face again in your entire life. It is at Apparently, the office is located in a signatories are nowhere to be seen
that point that you unwillingly find different town, city or county which because the party starts early. When
your way to corruption by paying a would force you to board a plane or you attempt to explain how far away
broker to give you a service that is travel overnight, only to meet the you come from and how important
rightfully meant to be free, or rather, person attending to you adamantly the document you require is, they
which you pay through your taxes suggesting that you should come would want to play god with your

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