Rohinton Mistry an Indian-born Canadian writer may have had Kenya in mind when he wrote in his 2001 novel, Family Matters: “Black money is so much a part of our white economy, a tumour in the centre of the brain — try to remove it and you kill the patient.”
Since the partnering of the Kenya Revenue Authority, the Kenya Bureau of Standards and Anti-Counterfeit agency to stamp out a secret economy run by powerful individuals out to cut corners, a lid has been lifted offering a sneak preview into the shadowy dealings estimated by the Kenya Association of Manufactures at Sh200 billion.
