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Honouring political pacts key to Kenya's cohesion

NAIROBI: Some of the most acrimonious political fallouts in Kenya in the last decade have been bred by utter grandstanding insensitive to the prevailing peace and stability.

Healthy political competition remains a key determinant to mature democracy. The minimum preconditions for this competition to thrive with minimal or no conflict is to create an environment that enhances free and fair processes that do not give an advantage to one player/s to the detriment of all other competitors. In the process of managing this competition, political leaders have devised strategies that place them ahead of their competitors. Such strategies sometimes involve political pacts and covenants which bind natural or juridical persons to expedient arrangements.

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