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The handshake that rebooted Kenya's economy

The historic Uhuru-Raila March 9 handshake at Harambee House. [File/Standard]

Kibera, the political bedrock of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, has become the thermometer of Kenya’s political temperatures, followed by Mathare, among other major slums.

When police quell riots here, the world media gets a field day telling all and sundry about what is wrong with the country and the continent at large as well as where the raw form of expression finds a voice - sometimes in the most violent of manners.

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