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North Eastern must shun cultural practices, embrace development

By Omar Mohamed
Mention northern Kenya and what comes to mind is hunger, insecurity and disease.

It is a region where images of men, women and children on the verge of starvation have become an unofficial trademark as often seen in our print and electronic media. Ugly shanties crown the hopelessness that prevails, nearly 50 years after independence.

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