Steve Kiruri lost his leather wallet containing all his documents and cash. He had given up hope when a Mr Kabae of Superview Motors found it and tracked Steve down by a process of elimination, carefully calling all the contacts listed in the wallet until he found the owner. "There are still good people around," says Steve.

It's nice to be nice, so it is with pleasure that we give space to Jackie of Embu to thank Njeri of the Ministry of Health at Garissa for giving, not lending, her the bus fare home after she had been pick-pocketed. Adds Jackie: "I wish everyone had such a kind heart, especially the two policemen who just stood there while everyone else was trying to catch the thief and recover my money."

The registration officer in charge of Nyando District has a scale of charges, all his own, reports K'Olwah B.S. Otieno. They are: Sh10 for an application form, Sh100 registration fee; Sh100 for a photograph; Sh250 for replacement of a lost ID or renewal of a second generation card. When questioned, he said the fees were authorised in a government circular which, alas, he was unable to produce.

Charles Kariuki wonders if Raila Odinga would extend his policy of cooperation to the mayor of Nairobi and the town clerk so water can be provided to the Otiende Estate, at Lang'ata.

Given the Kenyan penchant for hiring either retired executives or expatriates to top jobs, perhaps we should appoint one man who will soon fulfil both criteria as our roving Ambassador at Large - Nelson Mandela. "He would do a wonderful job of improving Kenya's image abroad," suggests Kamau Maina.

An unopened bottle of White Cap bought by Patrick Gitau from a bar at Ngara has become a talking point as it serves as a paperweight on his desk. It has a piece of white paper submerged halfway down the bottle. Patrick has rejected all offers for the purchase of this attractive addition to his desk and instead wonders if the quality checkers at KBL would be interested in it.

Is it a rare limited edition, a one-off worth collecting, or just one that beat the system? And what, if anything, is written on the paper? Patrick wonders.

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