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Africa's crazy laws

Esther Murugi, the special programmes minister, should not worry about speaking out of turn once in a while. The suggestion that Kenyans infected with HIV should be quarantined for life is not even surprising by African standards.

In Malawi, President Bingu wa Mutharika last week announced legislation that will make it illegal to break wind in public.

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