HIO PESA SIO YA MAMAKO BANA! (THAT MONEY IS NOT YOUR MOTHER’S!)

Corruption is killing us! Misappropriation of funds is just as bad! Ethnicity is another! The way public funds are spent by the people working in government offices and other relevant institutions that serve citizens of any country are more often than not dependent on these gross factors. In the light of this fact I decided to round up a couple of classmates and friends to pose (without any prior notice) in a manner that communicates how they feel and think about this sad situation in our country.  The reality is that there is enough money in public offices to fund crucial activities in these institutions but some things don’t happen just because someone in that office doesn’t want to provide the funds for that. These photos thus depict a situation where citizens have been denied funding and are tired of this anomaly (hands close to body and sad face) and are warning those responsible against further misappropriations (grim/sad face) lest they take up arms against them. 

Photos shot using Amina Ali’s Samsung Galaxy S3














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