Labour Day has always felt like a bother for the government.
Yes, State officials could use the holiday, but they would rather spend it in some other place and not in the company of mostly minimum wage earners who hope to get a hike in their pay, however slight it may be.
It is no wonder that Labour waziri Alfred Mutua's written speech sounded like it had been written by someone chasing a word-count quota, and had just discovered new English words. What else would explain him mentioning all the names of those who earned a seat away from the sun when he could have just dished out the customary "all protocols observed?" Then the use of words like "steroids" in his opening line.
In case you missed it, Mutua or Alfie said in other quarters that his Labour ministry was "on steroids to ensure labour, blah blah blah." Whatever he meant with that, only he knows.
