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Senate Mashinani: Hard moments of truth for senators in Turkana

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Senate Speaker Amason Kingi (centre) with Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot and Minority Leader Stewart Madzayo at the Turkana County Assembly. [Edwin Nyarangi, Standard]

At the Cradle Tented Camp in Lodwar, where close to 30 senators and their Speaker put up for a week, a crimson carpet was still baking in the Turkana sun when we arrived days after they flew back to Nairobi.

It's early evening on Saturday, and a golden full moon juts from the East above the majestic Lake Turkana, spreading its radiance on the carpet.

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