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Today I wish to write as a son of Emanyulia in Kakamega County. Like Paul of Tarsus and songster Roger Whittaker, everyone has a place where he was born. Every so often, you must go local. For what are global things without local import?
Literally speaking, State House is the house of the State. The State, itself, is the multiple polity of the people, their country and Government. While the public may not always access State House, it is in fact their property. State House is the sort of thing ancient Greeks called a res publica – “public thing” – hence the notion of the republic. One way or the other, a people’s agenda must discover its path to the House and the conversations there.
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