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Politicians have a duty to make sure citizens lead dignified lives

A young girl hop-skip jumps in Mukuru Kwa Reuben slum in Nairobi. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

During a recent media interview, Reverend Simon Mbevi, a lawyer and renowned contemporary thinker on family values, described leadership as having the heart to lift people from circumstances of shame and continuously instil in them a sense of dignity.

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