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NAIROBI: Chaos broke out in at least five venues during Monday’s Jamhuri Day celebrations across the country. In Mombasa, Meru, Kisumu, Kilifi, Garissa and Tana River counties, celebrations to mark the national day were disrupted as rival political groupings tried to upstage each other. No doubt, the 2017 General Election fever is spreading but should that be reason to desecrate national days?
Elections or no elections, over time, the political class has undone the esteem, the respect and ceremony granted to such national occasions.
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