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Why August is regarded a dark month in Kenya’s calendar

By STANDARD REPORTER

In ancient Rome, the soothsayers warned Julius Caesar to “beware of the Ides of March.”  The Ides of March is a day on the Roman Calendar that corresponds to March 15 and became notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius Ceasar in 44 BC.

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