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Kenyans must seize this moment to transform the political edifice

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A protester clashes with the police during anti-government demonstrations along Moi Avenue on July 16, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

Are Kenyans able to break the cycle of repetitive compulsion and seize this national moment to transform systemic issues that have festered and finally burst?

Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud explored the concept of repetitive compulsion a century ago. It is the unconscious tendency of a person to repeat their response to a past traumatic event expecting new consequences.

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