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Why referendum is inevitable based on these five happenings in the country

I am writing this in regards to the latest development – a lot has happened, as it maybe I will be commenting on what is dominating our political scenes.

Back to election days, and how anxious it stood; citizens affiliated to different parties fought relentlessly to back their parties. During this period, those associated with NASA boycotted election - a certain group had to battle tirelessly to make sure election never occurred in particular areas. Later on, Uhuru was confirmed as the president, whereas opposition leader Raila was sworn-in as people's president, and everything came to a standstill. Typically, we anticipated Raila to be arrested and be judged with high treason, which never occurred. For almost two months - we got exposed to political rhetoric and chest-dumping the country was at the brink of tribal violence that had befallen us a decade ago was nearly repeated. Social media was at war, politicians were fueling emotions, and the country's economy was at its lowest. It might have ended catastrophically if both political splits had taken a stiffer stance – notably if the government had dared arrest opposition leader.

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