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Are Kenya’s emotion sinks bursting at the seams?

The house formerly owned by General Reginald Wainright, at Pesi, 6km off Nyahururu –Nyeri Road. From this veranda he watched his employees dance kibata. [Photo: XN Iraki]

NAIROBI: Carbon sinks which include forests and even oceans absorb carbon dioxide and slow down global warming to keep our weather systems in equilibrium.

They are not different from the sink in your house which drains the waste to make the house clean and fresh. A septic tank does the same. What of emotion sinks, what absorbs our emotions to make our lives more pleasant and exciting? Since ancient time man has always tried to live a better life, free of worries and emotions. He has used different sinks, some successfully, others not.

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