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Time to face economic reality after choosing running mates

Volkswagens emblazed with portraits of Raila Odinga (left) and William Ruto in Kibarani, Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] 

Kenya is now showing full-blown symptoms of a developed country. Beyond the mega projects, news nowadays ages fast. We are too busy to dwell on an issue when a new one crops up every day. 

The running mates have been chosen and its now old news. What next after running mates? Their picking, it seems, was a watershed moment as it cleared the political fog. 

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