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Gachagua's words on Kenya's dirty secrets should alarm us

Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) (center) Party Leader Rigathi Gachagua flanked by (right)  Interim Deputy Party leader Cleophas Malala and (left) Secretary, Planning and Economic Affairs Peter Mbae. [File, Standard]

The chorus of government defenders is loud and predictable: how dare former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua “discuss his country on foreign soil”?

To them, the mere act of speaking uncomfortable truths before a foreign audience amounts to betrayal. But is it?, silence in the face of rot is the real betrayal. Speaking truth, whether in Nairobi or Washington, is not treason. It is patriotism of the highest order. 

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