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Palaver
When President Kibaki took over power, he promised to make Kenya a working nation. Almost nine years later, this clarion call has largely been ignored. There are many stalled projects countrywide and most of our roads still resemble Martian surfaces. Many of the youth, the supposed engine of a working nation, are idlers due to lack of employment opportunities. But all is not lost. There is one aspect that Kenyans have proven to be working really hard, and that is manifested in the condom crisis. The rubber scarcity is so acute that about 120 million will soon be airlifted in the country as an emergency following Government appeal.
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