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Akinyi Oliech's avatar

Great piece!

He is complex!!

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Tara L Thwing's avatar

Incredible retrospective. Well-done. Who will come next? Who takes up the mantle of opposition with national appeal?

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Miss O's avatar

You’ve worded my thoughts in ways I wouldn’t have been able to

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Miss Kambe's avatar

Whew! What a piece!

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Marvin Kweyu's avatar

This is a very well written piece.

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A KENYAN RUNNER'S DIARY's avatar

He was all that but still,

Media literacy in our country is still worrying.

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Nombongo Nkangana's avatar

Well-written!!!

Thank you all the way from 🇿🇦 for baring the Kenyan soul... may the nation be healed and prosper! Africa, too!✨️

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Jade's avatar

What a read, Marcus! A perfect attempt at capturing the complex man that Jakom was: a Liberator, a Survivor, an Enigma, a Leader, a Politician, but above all, a Father. ❤️

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rnc's avatar

Powerfully analytical and deeply insightful. A well nuanced peace truly worth reading

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Eric's avatar

RIP to the African giant

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Yaye Kassamali's avatar

Terrific piece!

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Shuaib Farah's avatar

Rip

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Sustainability Fairy Nimu's avatar

This piece reminds of the methali, "Mgala muue na haki umpe".

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Kare's avatar

You articulated the complexity so well👏 👏. This was a farewell masterpiece if I say so myself.

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raskolnikov's avatar

still cant believe the man is gone , it would be a very Raila thing to just appear out if thin air

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Musyoka.'s avatar

This is so welll written, what a great tribute befitting such a great man.

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