Suppose you had to replace a door in your house, what would you do? Me, I’d get help from my friend Brad, he’s a builder. Suppose Brad could not find the right size door? Suppose all he could find is a big piece of wood that was the right thickness? Still no problem. He’d bust out the power tools, cut the door to size, chisel out some hinges, drill a couple holes for the door knob and be done. Maybe take an hour?
Not in Kenya. I have been watching a couple guys replace a door in the guest house I am staying and it has literally taken them all day, and they are still not finished! What’s the difference? No power tools. The door has to be cut with a regular saw, the holes drilled out with a manual drill, etc. This is the way things are built in Kenya. Very low on modern tools, very high on manual labor. I once saw some guys hauling concrete up to the third floor of a building with a 5-gallon bucket attached to a rope, one bucket full at a time. The other day, a guy was painting lines on the road with a paint brush! It’s a wonder anything gets built in Kenya.
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