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One sad story that Kenya shares with S.Africa is corruption

Every travel, local or international, is an occasion to be challenged and an opportunity to appreciate home some more. As our people say, a child who doesn't travel assumes his mother is the word's best cook. A recent visit to Cape town, South Africa's "White" City, left me with enough material for reflection for a while.

First the negatives. Every time I visit South Africa I cry for that beloved country. The fermenting anger by the majority black community continually seeks an escape valve. For a while, this pressure has conveniently been released through violence at the "Makwerekweres"; immigrants from North of the Limpopo. Sooner or later it will boil beyond these easy targets and may cause race based civil war.

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