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Those who bungle polls to blame for pain and deaths

Lencer Achieng and Joseph Abanjas’ presence at the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative taskforce report on Monday was unexpected and troubling. The response of the conference to their message suggests we have far to go before we truly appreciate the dangerous spark of General Elections in Kenya.

Lencer Achieng and Joseph Abanja are the parents of Samantha Pendo Oloo. Baby Pendo was only six months old when several police officers stormed and tear-gassed their Nyalenda home in Kisumu.

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