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Much ado about nothing? Why Malala drama echoes petty politics

Former Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala blocked from accessing Butere Girls students who are set to perform their controversial play titled ' Echoes of War' on April 9, 2025. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]

Because so few Kenyans have had a chance to watch 'Echoes of War' by Cleophas Malala, after its staging was sanctioned before the High Court torpedoed that decision and policemen tear-gassed students in rehearsal in Nakuru, we run the risk of inventing what the play is, and what it is not about.

That's the nature of drama, especially Kenyan drama, as the joy is in the re-telling and the attendant embellishments.

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