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Nairobi no less savage than Tana

By Edward Indakwa

The bloodletting in the Tana Delta, where Pokomo and Orma ‘warriors’ have been exchanging spears, has a silver lining.
Forget for one moment that most of those killed in the crossfire (for lack of a better word) were women, children, and livestock. What is worth noting is that in all cases, when militia attacked, the men of the village stepped out to defend their women and children.

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