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Kenya stands to gain a lot from Obama’s homecoming tour

"In my father's life," said US President Barack Obama in Accra, Ghana, "it was partly tribalism and patronage and nepotism in an independent Kenya that for a long stretch derailed his career and we know that this kind of corruption is still a daily fact of life for far too many."

Those words ring true today. Kenya is no better than it was then.

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