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In PLO's rapid fall lie some chilling lessons on impunity

By MAURICE MAINA

The head of Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission is a lonely man. He has been accused of verbiage and is at pains to prove his detractors wrong. And he has come to realise that corruption has teeth. His social life is at stake. MP Cecily Mbarire can’t understand how he, "a family friend", can turn the gun on them. And he talks of threats to his life. His job is not enviable.

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