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NAIROBI: Last Saturday I participated at a debating session at Lukenya Academy where my son is a pupil. My visit had coincided with a session of the debating club where a heated argument on matters security was ongoing. Mindful not to cause any interruption, I took my seat at the back of the crowd and sat and listened.
The sophistication and the depth of knowledge in the debated wowed me. Speaker after speaker explained and poked holes into our national security policy. "We live in dangerous times" one of the contributors said with the confidence of a seasoned politician... "as citizens we must take our security into our own hands."
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