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Let 2026 be year of zero stereotypes and liberated minds

Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi wins men's 800m during the Diamond League Athletics meeting in Stockholm, on June 16, 2025. Kenya’s athletic success is no longer confined to the Rift Valley. [AFP]

Stereotypes are a kind of mental confinement. They encourage premature judgments, substituting assumptions for evidence. In doing so, they quietly shape how individuals are treated and understood, often to their detriment.

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