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A story is told of the unfortunate primary school teacher in Kiambu, a Mr Joseph Mwaura, who was forced by the then District Commissioner (DC) to shave his goatee in public without the benefit of water and shaving cream in 1989. His sin was to not to look the teacher he ought to be.
It was a news item in the media then. I am not sure of the reaction (the victim and the public) were to happen today. We have come a long way.
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