Nairobi, Feb. 4 -- There is something that has come to be known as a "gravy-train", which depicts a political and governance system characterised by excessive luxury and easy living, obviously at the expense of other members of a society, community or nation.

Such a situation is to be observed in our midst, and especially in times of economic hardship and other difficulties facing the people at any given time.

For instance, currently, Tanzania, along with other countries in the region, has been experiencing unusually heavy rains caused by the El Nino effects across a large swathe of the African continent.

This is a frequent phenomenon, and we should have built up resilient ways of dealing with it.

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