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Democracy is not all doom, gloom for us

Jubilee aspirant MacDonald Mariga’s his supporters Abdi Ali Hussein, former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale, Lang'ata MP Nixon Korir at the nomination centre presenting papers to IEBC Returning Officer Beatrice Muli (right) at Dagoreti Corner. [File, Standard]

Kenyan elections are hectic. Manic. The campaigns are loud and colourful. The results are also almost always contested. But this right of choice in elections, and also in the occasional referenda, is a blessed right we must never take for granted.

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