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What returning to Kenya taught me after living abroad for 13 years

A woman with a travel bag walking in the airport. [Courtesy/GettyImages]

People in Australia often ask me what it’s like being home, while people in Nairobi ask why I would ever leave Australia.

Both questions are framed with the same fear of missing out as a child who sees that every other child around them has a lollipop except them.

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