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What Koffi Olomide's deportation says about Kenyans

Congolese music maestro Koffi Olomide

This is my take on an incident that has sparked outrage in the country. Musician Koffi Olomide caught on camera kicking one of his dancers, his subsequent arrest and deportation!

The reactions to this episode have been varied. Some have said that Koffi was merely defending his wife's honour. Yet others say that the act of violence against a woman was unacceptable. Some of us have been ambivalent wondering what the fuss was all about. After all is he not one of the greatest musicians of our time?

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