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Why 'poaching' opposition leaders kills democracy and Wanjiku's say

President William Ruto with his deputy Rigathi Gachagua and a section of Jubilee leaders at State House, Nairobi. [PCS]

The government is making declarations and "announcing decisions" in places of worship, with the Deputy president promising Kenyans that we should expect this for 52 Sundays of each of the next five years.

In the meantime, opposition leaders are leading their supporters in holding the government to account in mass political meetings every Sunday. Neither the government nor the opposition is willing to dialogue or reason together. This kind of conduct from either side was commonplace prior to our 2010 Constitution.

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