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Encourage intermarriages to foster national cohesion 

Marriages collapse out of elements such as infidelity, but rarely out of one’s tribe. [Courtesy]

Kenya is immensely rich in its cultural diversity. This diversity is responsible for our appreciation of each other's cultural backgrounds and the upsurge in creative memes and comical videos on social media inspired by our various tribes.

One such meme that I will never forget is one in which a brother from Western Kenya decided to hang onto the skids of an airborne helicopter. Jokingly, it was alleged he had seen the pilot’s white shirt and assumed it was maize flour (unga), which caused him to reach for it in spite of his decision being a death wish.

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