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State must govern not just bash CORD

As it is, a non-Kenyan could easily mistake the Opposition for the Government. Why? The government is oozing negative energy into the public. This is something any government should never do if it understands its mandate well. Never!

Recently, I was in a function where government senators and MPs were officiating a fundraiser. Each of them spent at least 85 per cent of their time attacking the Opposition. They had almost rehearsed lines that ran something like this: We will not be threatened! We do not want to go back to 2007/08! What is this mass action about? The government of President Kenyatta is in power legitimately! We will not sit and watch one or two individuals drive the country into chaos! And so on, and so forth.

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