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It’s about time we checkmated ourselves as Kenyans. What the hell is going on? Why will people fight among themselves and hurt each other just because its campaign and election time?
Why have we allowed ourselves to be used as pawns by politicians in their quest for power? As we marked the 53rd Jamuhuri Day, a celebration that needed to unite, rejuvenate and make us proud as a nation we failed to rise to the occasion instead choosing to play to tunes of the competing political demagogues. It was a day we were supposed to reflect on the numerous challenges we are facing as a nation, but it turned out to be a day full of drama. From Mombasa to Meru to far wide areas in Siaya and back to the capital politics took centre stage. In most areas opponents heckled each other and the celebrations disrupted.
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