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Sad tale of starving people in a time of plenty elsewhere in Kenya

There is a magical, aspirational and prayerful line in the first stanza of our national anthem. It runs, in part, “...and may plenty be found within our borders.”

What the founding fathers may not have anticipated is that there would indeed be plenty within our borders, but the problem is in moving the surplus in one corner to the needy in the other end of the country.

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