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Some women need to be slapped back to their senses

By NIKKO TANUI

By now, even children in my village are aware that Nairobi governor Evans Kidero allegedly smacked the hell out of Nairobi Women Representative, Rachael Shebesh. Before we proceed, let me put it on record that I don’t condone a man slapping a woman for whatsoever reason. Women, however, need to stop that nonsense of thinking they are special and thus, can slap men (like a former First Lady did to a former MP), beat men (like some Nyeri women do to their husbands), or kill men and get away with it. But having said that, I daresay there are women who deserve to be slapped back to their senses.

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