Just how much does it cost to change a name?

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A few years ago, a word popped up in the streets that frequented the sentences used by Sheng (Kenyan slang) speakers in Kenya. "Babayao" it was and it could be superficially translated into 'the best of them all.'

With the simmering political atmosphere taking over as Kenyans approached the August 8 General Election, the former Kabete Member of Parliament Ferdinand Waititu adopted this word as his political brand title.  Waititu was up in arms to square it William Kabogo, the then Kiambu County governor in the gubernatorial race.