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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua paid a courtesy call on Martha Karua, the Party Leader of the People's Liberation Party (PLP) Party at her home in Kimunye Village, Gichugu Constituency in Kirinyaga County on January 25, 2025. [File, Standard]

I sometimes wonder whether as a country, we suffer from collective and acute amnesia. It takes but a couple of sweet-talking politicians for us to forget the vitriol they poured on their perceived enemies yesterday now that the tables have turned, and the enemy is now a bosom buddy.