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Somalis are as Kenyan as it gets, stop whispering

Members of Somali community led by their secretary general Mr Idle Hassan on 18th January2024 protest delayed commencement of security operation'Maliza Uhalifu' [File, Standard]

One of the more insidious sub-plots of the current moment is a creeping anti-Somali sentiment targeted at ethnic Somalis in prominent public offices.

Let us be blunt: this is a misguided whisper campaign that will lead to nowhere. Ethnic Somalis are as Kenyan as any other citizen of Jamhuri. Period.

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