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Helping-the-poor campaign talk akin to laughing at the needy

OKA Leader Kalonzo Musyoka addresses a crowd during a campaign at Kadogo Grounds in Kisauni - Mombasa County on February 20, 2020. [Dennis Kavisu, Standard]

The election campaign narrative of “helping the poor, the small person, mama mboga” is very patronising, to say the least.

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