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Kenya has been held hostage by political demagogues

It is next to impossible to find any formidable news without a colourful decoration by political bigwigs, whose images portend nothing but doom for our lovely motherland. In fact, we have been made to believe that news is incomplete without figures of certain political demigods.

These demigods have held their communities hostage since independence and still not relenting. They create circumstances each and every day with one major goal: to become more relevant in the society. Unfortunately, 90% of the ways they use to make themselves relevant disadvantage 90% of the community members.

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