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CORD call on security deal is unpatriotic

CORD’s threat to Safaricom over security deal is senseless and unpatriotic.

At their Saba Saba rally, not only did CORD’s principals copy Safaricom’s service Okoa Jahazi, which enables subscribers buy airtime on credit, they also threatened Kenya’s largest corporate taxpayer in the crudest of terms, demanding it cancel its security contract and withdraw from bidding for similar contracts. If the company failed to do so, CORD threatened sanctions would follow.

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