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Kenya’s Jubilee and the image of ‘old man-child’

Life, some say, begins at 40. But, whatever that means by the time you hit 50–whether you like it or not–the decline to the other side of life will have begun. Even for those in denial, any signs of youthfulness will have evaded their wrinkled faces at 50.

There is usually nothing much to worry about for those who have lived their lives to the fullest and made their footprints on earth and in the hearts of mankind. But for those who squandered and a made a mess of their lives, 50 is the age of teeth-gnashing and regrets.

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