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With national elections less than a week away, candidates are running neck and neck. Pundits have proclaimed the race for the presidency to be too close to call. This is why last week's presidential debate should have been a "must attend" for all candidates.
It should have been the perfect opportunity for all four presidential candidates to elucidate their campaign manifestos.
Prof George Wajackoyah showed up on time. Then curiously, he left the venue without a word. One hoped that he hadn't succumbed to his own marijuana mantra and taken the first puff before the presidential inauguration as he promised. Certainly, his attempts at directing the debate, by demanding that all four candidates take the stand at the same time, were ill-advised.
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