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Kisumu, the resilient city of refuge

Kisumu in the early 1980s.  [PHOTOS: FILE/STANDARD AND COURTESY]

By Amos Kareithi

Like an irresistible beauty, Kisumu, the port city, has for hundreds of years attracted the attention of the mighty and the meek. Suitors from near and far have trooped to her, and even fought, hoping to win her favour.

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