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Starting new life as a Joburg plumber and other short stories

When the Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome claims the opposition is hiring corpses to join in anti-government protests-probably because the Kenya Kwanza administration is intent on taxing the dead-and a gallant girl from Uasin Gishu has hurled words at the waheshimiwa, this hekaya from Johannesburg seems inordinately mundane.

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