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Kenya should not be left behind in the race to colonise the moon

Moon as seen during the Super Blue Blood Moon on January 31st 2018,the rare event occurs every 150years combining three Lunar events:Supermoon,total lunar eclipse and a blue moon. [Wilberforce Okwiri/ Standard]

At the time of writing this article, the moon, Earth’s primary celestial satellite, has no owners. Some Bantu dialects call such entities ‘witemere’ – idle land, which is yours for the taking if you can land there first.

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