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What if Raila Odinga was a Kikuyu?

Raila Odinga was ‘sworn in’ yesterday. Finally.

I am still looking for a country that is iron sheet flat with no controversy: The western world, Zimbabwe, even the gentle Rwanda. The fact is, Kenya has broken all the roads to glory when it comes to political intolerance, political competitions and gimmicks. Fuelled by ‘my tribe’ and ‘my people’ rhetoric, we are a nation of dangerous clowns and comic hypocrites.

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