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Sad how the Kenyan bridge is falling down

A bridge collapsing in the thick of a General Election is a metaphor that is too real to be walked over

The collapse of the Budalangi’s Sigiri Bridge linking Bunyala South and North, on the morning of June 26th was not going to be a case of water under the bridge.

A bridge collapsing in the thick of a General Election is a metaphor that is too real to be walked over. President Uhuru had visited the bridge 11 days before its collapse and hailed the project.

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