One of the strangest things about Kenya’s wealthy elite is how vulgar they actually are. Not vulgar in the sense that they cannot acquire and experience luxury but vulgar in the sense that they are very comfortable with living in luxury in a squalid environment. 🧵 One of the things I have noticed about particularly recent wealthy elite is their fondness for very expensive Swiss timepieces. Gold. Platinum. Diamond-crusted. Mechanical movement. Unique designs.

Yes, there's a s. 7 of the Estate Duty Act that exempts the estates of Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi from having to pay any estate duties. And yes, there's an Estate Duty (Abolition) Act that exempts ALL estates of deceased Kenyans from paying estate duty.🧵 The Estate Duty Ordinance was enacted in 1952 or thereabouts. It imposed a duty on the estates of all Kenyans that were in Kenya when they died. Jomo Kenyatta assented to the amendment to s. 7 of the Act in 1969, a whole decade before he died.