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Kenya: Judiciary is so critical in democracy

Democracy both as a political concept and as a linguistic term has for ages defied simple and explicit definition.

Like Apostle Paul's love, democracy is easier defined by its attributes. When US President Abraham Lincoln called it a government by the people, of the people and for the people, he must have been well aware that his 19th century America was a more complex society than the Greek city states.

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