[PHOTO/tuko.co.ke]
In Kenya, politicians are regarded as high ranking members of society that only dine at five-star hotels.
Food kiosks, also called vibanda, are reserved for the lowly paid common mwananchi.
Everyone is expected to stick to their lanes depending on where their pockets place them.
'Well, when a poor man washes his hands well, he can dine with the kings. But what should a king was to eat with the poor?
Perhaps Mombasa governor Hassan Joho should tell us because he recently removed his 'sultanate' Joho (gown) and decided that food, from a kibanda or Hilton, is the only justice to the stomach.
He was captured on camera enjoying a sumptuous wali wa nazi meal and whereafter he praised the kibanda's two ladies for their kindness.
The sultan had gone to Kishani in Shanzu to shut down the murram mining sites to protect the environment and save lives.