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By KIPKOECH TANUI

Just after the Gilgil Toll Station on the Naivasha–Nakuru Highway, there is a thicket beside the road where bus drivers stop to allow their long-distance passengers to dash for cover and relieve themselves. I don’t know how the silent agreement is reached over where the men and boys would go, and the side preserved for women and girls.

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