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2015 wasn't good but 2017 isn't far away

NAIROBI: “We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day”—Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Today we start the year 2016, the last year to that of the next election. It is a significant year for a number of reasons. Since the last election in March 2013, a lot of water has gone under the bridge. As a nation we have had moments to celebrate but also, as one big family, we have had reasons to cry too.

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