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My modest proposal for attributes of next president

To borrow from writer Alex la Guma's masterpiece, Kenyans are living in the fog of the season's end. The Fog of The Season’s End is a novel written by the famous South African author and portrays his nation in one of its momentous times.

La Guma’s (1925-1985) circumstances that he lived in have changed dramatically with the advent of the Rainbow Nation. However, his is a story of individuals who daily risked their lives in the underground movement against apartheid and only at moments of crisis were their bodies flashed up on television screens. Well, the fog may be no more in Azania but memories still remain.

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