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Those at the helm of polls body bear heavy responsibility

Samuel Kivuitu, the then-Parklands parliamentary candidate, is carried shoulder high by his supporters, 1969. [File]

It is that season of madness again. The politicians have the money and they are mobilising. Soon their campaigns will reach a crescendo and every village will be awash with cash.

The politicians’ smiling faces and their empty promises, emblazoned on cheap lessos, T-shirts and caps, will be tenants on millions of hips, chests and heads.

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