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Why is there no robust domestic Philanthropy in Kenya

Allies of Starehe MP Amos Mwago serves Street Boys food at Jivanjee Gardens for Christmas Season on Sunday, December 25, 2022. [Samson Wire, Standard]

In a rare outburst, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua cried out to have been reduced into a beggar. He publicly expressed the humiliation he felt for reaching out to even our former colonial masters to beg for food on behalf of the suffering masses.

In a functional democracy, anyone would be able to identify with his anguish. I have said here before that it is a national shame that we cannot feed our people after 60 years of self-rule.

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