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Mad haraka sana: Gitegi's Madaraka the Harold Way

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My village, Gitegi, would want to feel good, like the rest of the country, when a big public holiday comes knocking. However, a number of factors conspire to ensure that we remain miserable and barely derive any joy from national commemorations.

What would we be celebrating? Harold runs Gitegi like a personal kiosk. National leaders void our village, and administrators skirt around it like it does not exist.

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