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Let us discard the Harambee spirit, it has no relevance in 21st century

This week officially kicks off the Christmas festivity season. As I grew up in the village back in the 1980s, the sweet aroma of chapatis across the ridges on Jamhuri Day marked the beginning of merry making. It was always a sure indicator that chapati and sodas, a rare delicacy in the villages those days, would be in plenty.

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