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Political bickering lowers Kenya’s standing in the region

Jerry Okungu

Recently, a columnist with a local newspaper had an interesting theory on how to kill ethnic politics: He suggested barring aspiring Members of Parliament by law from seeking public office from among his ethnic community, ancestral land or region of his birth.

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