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The emperor fiddles as the country burns

Protestors in the streets of Nairobi after fierce confrontation with the police during the June 25 protests. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

In the fog of war, it is easy to lose sight of the repercussions of one of the oldest ways of settling real or imagined scores. The actual suffering is not that of the people in power nor even the actual combatants - after all, the latter signed up for it.

It is the so-called common people, those who have nothing to do with the war and who would rather live in peace.

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