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The common room: Only great minds can truly cure our ‘cursed’ country

Great minds, scholars
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Dr David Maillu’s The Common Room article, Kenya’s social fish rotting from the head (November 6-12) couldn’t have come at a better time.

As Maillu pointed out, we have witnessed several shameful incidents, with minors publicly involving themselves in wild and decadent behaviour such as drunkenness, drug abuse and sex.

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