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An open letter to Uhuru's successor

Dear Mr. Next President, 

Let begin by saying how sad I am at the sorry state of affairs in the country. Gone are the days when I used to enjoy every moment of my being alive. Gone are the days when I could wake up on a Saturday morning and go to the playground with my friends and play football till dusk. Those days really seem to have slid away, and it is not because I have outgrown the games we used to play, it is because that harmony is altogether non-existent in the current society. The very social legitimacy and communal order have been denatured irretrievably.

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