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The fallacy of living on hope and bar room talk

The tired line that Kenya is poor and makes poor political choices because she has only had 50 years of independence is a mediocre excuse from tired minds. Across the world there are examples of states that have transformed themselves from nations of peasants to economic power houses. To them 50 years is a long time; but to us 50 years is too short and we are a pubescent nation not yet ready to stop sagging our trousers.

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