Dalle Abraham

Kenya loves trivia. TV quiz shows have been popular on Kenya’s entertainment scene. In the golden age of Kenyan TV quiz shows in the 1990s and early 2000s, shows such as Omo Pick a Box, ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ and ‘Who’s Smarter Now’ turned living rooms into theatres of suspense, blending trivia with the gambler’s thrill of chance. ‘Money or the Box’ was the phrase in every household every Sunday evening.

Kenya loves trivia. TV quiz shows have been popular on Kenya’s entertainment scene. In the golden age of Kenyan TV quiz shows in the 1990s and early 2000s, shows such as Omo Pick a Box, ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ and ‘Who’s Smarter Now’ turned living rooms into theatres of suspense, blending trivia with the gambler’s thrill of chance. ‘Money or the Box’ was the phrase in every household every Sunday evening.

In the Mandera triangle—a pastoralist region encompassing the point at which the borders of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia meet—the reality of local and cross-border trade often diverges widely from official state policies of control. This disjunction has created a grey zone in which policy contradictions form an integral part of the regulatory environment.