<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Listers, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">interesting view from someone who is not typically in these streets: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.6px;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:17px;font-family:Georgia,'ITC Century W01 Light';line-height:25px">What this success story does not explain, however, is why Kenyans are willing to invest in a mobile phone but not in other services, such as sanitation.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.6px;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:17px;font-family:Georgia,'ITC Century W01 Light';line-height:25px">Why has mobile phone connectivity gained more importance than toilets?</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.6px;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:17px;font-family:Georgia,'ITC Century W01 Light';line-height:25px">A recent survey by Afrobarometer shows that while 98 per cent of Kenyans have access to a mobile phone, less than 20 per cent have access to proper toilets.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15.6px"><font color="#808080" face="Georgia, ITC Century W01 Light"><span style="font-size:17px;line-height:25px"><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Craze-over-mobile-phone-must-be-one-Kenyan-peculiar-habit/-/440808/3096094/-/9a7unqz/-/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Craze-over-mobile-phone-must-be-one-Kenyan-peculiar-habit/-/440808/3096094/-/9a7unqz/-/index.html</a></span></font><br></p></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Grace L.N. Mutung'u <br>Nairobi Kenya<br>Skype: gracebomu<br>Twitter: @Bomu<br><br><<a href="http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu" target="_blank">http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu</a>></div><div><br></div><div>PGP ID : 0x33A3450F<br><br></div></div></div>
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