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Make life hard for shady clique out to buy your vote and future

It is fatal to have a country where only the rich can win seats. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Political hopefuls in our beloved country have a keen friendship with controversy. Many of them will cut corners to reach Canaan.

Last week I travelled through nine counties. In seven, I stumbled upon hundreds of voters in market centres and the wayside lining up to receive handouts.

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