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National Prayer Breakfast has become just another annual calendar event for politicians

President Uhuru Kenyatta received by his Deputy William Ruto and other leaders for the 18th Kenya National Prayer Breakfast at Parliament building, Nairobi. [Jonah Mwangi, DPPS]

That Kenyans love calendar events is not in doubt. We are all for consistency, and we want to do the same thing all the time and still expect different results.

There is nothing wrong with that but at times, it is good to be unpredictable and surprise your friends, or even subjects and in this case, your voters. That is a tall order for our elected representatives who are used to getting away with murder — many a time, literally.

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