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By Ken Opalo
Several months ago, I wrote in this page about how hard it is to develop and successfully implement public policy. One of the arguments I advanced then was for the government to develop the habit of data-driven policy development and analysis. Those calls fell on deaf ears. Day in day out the government continues to engage in jua kali policymaking. The latest instance of this is the education ministry’s directive that Kenyan pupils under the age of eight be taught in mother tongue.
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