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Kenya is a land of angry men and women. In the last 50 years we have done little to dissipate this anger. It has been building up and every 5 years, more fury is piled up. Elections, instead of dissipating anger as new leaders are replaced and socio-economic issues sorted, fuel more anger. The national anger has deep roots; some based on reality and others illusion.
The first source of anger is exclusion from leadership, never mind that we have democracy which is about numbers. Many Kenyan communities are unhappy that only a few tribes have had a chance to lead since uhuru. The possibility of extrapolating that pattern to 2017 and beyond is another source of anger. This is probably why devolution was so popular, each community would have its own leaders, including his excellency. That created a sense of inclusion.
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