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Were there similarities in Jomo Kenyatta and Nelson Mandela’s ideology?

Kenya’s founding father Jomo Kenya and former South African President Nelson Mandela.  [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

By OSCAR OBONYO

NAIROBI, KENYA: South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela and Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta may have died 35 years apart, but they were ideologically birds of a feather, separated only by physical distance.

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