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Kang’ata: Why should I drive in limousines as my people suffer?

Muranga, Kenya: Some politicians live in palaces. Others travel in a convoy of fuel guzzlers. Then there is Irungu Kang’ata, MP for Kiharu, who lives in a modest house in Murang’a town.

At his home, there are no servants, no security detail and no fence. His houses are largely made of old iron sheets. Kang’ata is a first time MP for Kiharu, a constituency represented by wealthy billionaires and well-known politicians like Dr Gikonyo Kiano, Ngenye Kariuki and Kenneth Matiba in the past.

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