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Bill Gates organized an enormous session to recruit a new chairman for Microsoft Europe.
 5000 candidates assembled in a large room.
 One candidate was Njoroge, a Kenyan living in the USA.
 Bill Gates thanked all the candidates for coming, and then asked all those who do not know JAVA programming to leave.
 2000 people left.
 Njoroge thought to himself, “I do not know JAVA, but I have nothing to lose if I stay. I'll give it a try."
 Bill Gates asked that all candidates who have never had the experience of managing more than 100 people to leave.
 2000 people left.
 Njoroge said to himself, “I've never managed anybody by myself, but I have nothing to lose if I stay. What can happen to me?” He stayed behind again.
 Then Bill Gates asked all candidates who didn’t have a minimum of a Diploma in Business Management to leave.
 500 people left the room.
 Njoroge thought to himself, “I left school at 15, grade 7, but what have I got to lose?” So, he stayed in the room.
 Lastly, Bill Gates asked the candidates who do not speak fluent Serbian to leave.
 498 people left the room.
 Njoroge thought to himself, “I do not speak one word of Serbian, but what do I have to lose?” So he stayed behind and found himself with only one other candidate.
 Bill Gates joined them and said, “Apparently you are the only two candidates who have all the qualifications and experience I am looking for and also speak Serbian. I'd now like to hear the two of you have a conversation together in that language."
 Calmly Njoroge turned to the other candidate, and in a hesitant voice said, "We mwega mundu wa nyumba?"
 The other candidate answered softly but clearly, "Gutiri na oru, no gwethera ciana mutu...”
By coincedence both Njoroge and the other candidate happen to come from kenya's kikuyu tribe
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