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Let's enjoy our uniqueness and learn to preserve it

By Kamotho Waiganjo

Without the benefit of travel, Kenya, and Nairobi in particular, can feel like a fairly depressing place. What with all the endless political noise, endless traffic jams accompanied by endless diversions and endless insecurity. Many Kenyans would give anything to live and work in Europe and America and we all know many well read Kenyans who having travelled to the west with dreams of success have settled into the odd job market, washing a car here, guarding a home there, unwilling to return and admit failure.

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