ONLY IN KENYA Within Africa, Kenyans enjoy a reputation as hard workers and at 7 o’clock the streets are crowded. However, Kenyans take it easy and have a casual approach to time. The phrase “Hakuna Matata” (which you may know from the Disney movie, The Lion King), meaning “don’t worry and enjoy life” is actually Swahili, which is the official language of Kenya You’ll hear that a lot, in Kenya. jambo! jambo! habari gani? Making appointments days in advance, as in North America or Europe, is often useless in Kenya culture. Better call an hour before you want to see somebody, and ask whether he is around (if he is, he will drop his work). Of course, the more important an official is, the longer you’ll have to wait outside his office, even if he is inside doing nothing. If somebody is 30 or 60 minutes late for an appointment, he is considered to be perfectly in time in Kenya. The first days, you will be annoyed, but pretty soon you’ll come to like to slowne