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The ‘brown Meru’: An impersonator pushed me into politics

Imenti North MP Rahim Dawood(center) celebrates with his supporters after he emerged winner in the Jubilee primaries held in Meru,on April 26,2017. [Peter Muthomi, Standard]

If I wasn’t on the lookout for the lone figure walking briskly towards me, I would have thought the unassuming man was just another ordinary fellow on the streets. However, North Imenti MP Abdul Rahim Dawood’s life is anything but.

He is a business magnate and a politician that likes to mix with the every day folks.

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