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Rattling snakes is journalist’s main business

By Dan Okoth

I have killed a few snakes in my life. Some I did as a teenager herding my father’s cattle in the village (often with an African Writer’s Series novel in one hand and a sturdy stick in the other). Some snakes were small, others were green like the grass, blending their deadly beauty with the grass the cows relished.

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