Uganda, May 2 -- Wages are average. Taxes are high but so is a semblance of public services. Many stories about corruption appears every now and again.

Kenya's IGG sits in a swanky little office building finished in a golden hue, the Ethics and Integrity Centre visible to commuters on their way out of town to the suburbs. Nairobi is truly a global city.

The Nairobi County Assembly in some ways enjoys the perks our Members of Parliament enjoy. The youngish governor David Sakaja, a graduate and beneficiary of Uganda's earlier liberalisation of higher education, is selling a vision of skyscraper Nairobi.

I patronise one particular location, Windmere Apartments, on Rose Avenue close to both State House and Uhuru Kenyatta's residence, which...