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Ballot boxes at Kasarani Constituency Tallying centre in Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi on August 10th, 2022. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
For all the energetic campaigns and subsequent acrimonious litigation, the just-ended general election stood out for the absence of violence which has sullied all the previous ones. It is a laudable sign of maturity. Kenyans are apparently finally learning how to accept unpleasant electoral results and move on with their lives.
Truly, there is every reason for us to redirect our vital energies to more worthy causes. After all, the local political arena has always been mired in corruption, muscular bickering, character-assassination and all manner of non-conformities in matters of civility. Why should we expend so much of our love and affection on a social sector which requires the lowest threshold of decorum and good manners, among all legally available professions?
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