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Faux pas: second name of our politicians?

The Kenyan politician is a funny animal. Opportunistic, cunning, tribal, scheming with a Machiavellian foresight for any political forum in order to relay his tired old rhetoric for the fanatical supporters, this writer included.

However, many times these people got the prime time news opportunity, they have been either carried away emotionally or simply turned tongue-tied, gaffed big time and failed to hammer points home. During such scenarios, keen wananchi would have noted that, really, these so called leaders are not supernatural after all.

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