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Religion is an enigma in political, economic power

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President William Ruto addresses faithful during a past church service. [File, Standard]

A recent visit to Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia left my head spinning.

On checking the history of the country, I noted that when it was part of the old Soviet Union, the official religion was atheism. A big surprise to Kenyans who were very religious even before Christianity, Islam and other religions came ashore.

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