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City anarchy showed how quickly chaos can fuel instability in Kenya

A Boda Boda rider holding a matchbox ready to touch a suspected goon during Justice For Albert Ojwang Protests on June 17, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

Tuesday’s street anarchy in Nairobi had me scrambling for dusty copies of the Commission on Inquiry, Ransley and Kriegler reports on 2007/2008 Post Election Violence.

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