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Moses Kuria's lesson from Pangani cell: When we talk to each other our differences are narrow

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria

The last one week has been one of the most riveting in the recent political history of our country. A week ago today, I made some comments which I genuinely believe were largely misinterpreted and twisted by the large, yet uncontrolled social media. While I believe the gist of what I said was lost in the pathetic translation from Kikuyu language, the ‘take home’ lesson from this difficult week is far from that.

The conditions at Pangani Police Station where I was held for days with my five other colleagues may not be your pick choice for a holiday destination, but the bigger pain that I now face is how we have managed to consistently lose endless opportunities to talk to each other as a nation. I feel that as a people, we have allowed otherwise manageable issues to build up and blossom into full grown ‘crisis’.

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