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We blunder when we focus on personas and not their agenda

The interconnection of the Yin and Yang of politics in Kenya is that demagoguery has no favourite side. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Everything has a yin and yang; opposing polarities that are, nevertheless, dependent on each other. One cannot exist without the other. More than just a construct of eastern philosophies, the need to balance opposing energies is a fundamental aspect of all human psychology.

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