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Letter from the US: Day my mother told me not to visit her in the village for fear of insecurity

By Chris Wamalwa

Early this week, Monday to be exact, on my way back to the US from Kenya, I met Kenya’s Chief Justice, Dr Willy Mutunga at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. The CJ was making his way back home from some official engagement in New York. During the brief encounter, Dr Mutunga, having been away from home for some time, as expected wanted to know how the country was faring and so he innocently inquired from me.

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