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Nairobians deserved Sonko and Kenya has many politicians like him

Senate speaker Ken Lusaka (L) walks past Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko at the Senate Assembly during his impeachment debate on December 17, 2020. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

That Kenyans love political noise has never been in doubt so much so they can turn any issue that requires deeper understanding and national discourse into a political one, then belittle and eventually kill it.

After that is done, they start complaining that their collective plight is never highlighted yet they are never ready for any meaningful talk and get excited by guesswork of self-styled political analysts and hate the logic from thinkers.

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