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Time bomb: When men cannot resist panty-less women

What's the big fuss about commando anyway?

A few year ago when Kingwa Kamencu, a rather provocative aspiring presidential candidate whose ambitions were stillborn, came with what initially passed as an absurd Underwear Free Movement with the bold ambition to strip all women in Africa of the piece of clothing that wrap their private nether parts, some of us paid attention.

She was obviously serious, even getting arrested for stealing and destroying underwear in her hood. But what was the hullaballoo about, after all, some of our women were already going commando, as is evident from the bobbling buns that beguile men in Nairobi’s streets.

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