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Yes, we could change our fortunes if we embrace vices as pillars of nation-building

A deportee from Saudi Arabia says a prayer at JKIA after arrival on September 06, 2022. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

I was going to start with a prayer, the sort that includes speaking in tongues, as Prezzo Bill Ruto requested we must do to help in the recovery of the economy.

We know this is not a theocracy; we are a multi-faith democracy and many folks profess different things, including communing with the ancestral spirits in times of strife.

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