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The 'one man, one shilling, one vote' campaign has seen a dramatic escalation recently. Couched as a metric of equitable public resource distribution, it has gained currency in a section of the country's leadership.
But the campaign is repudiated by its ethnic underpinnings with jingoists demanding a greater share of the national cake for their people.
A historical perspective is needed. Prior to the 2010 Constitution, Kenya had a centralised government. The economy was managed from the centre.
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