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THE TAKA TAKA MANTRA AND CONSTITUTIONALISM

photo courtesy: Illustration by Nation Kenya is one of the democratic nations in the world . True to the definition of democracy, Kenyans enjoy electing leaders to represent them in various positions as it stands; representative democracy.  Alongside democracy, constitutionality is upheld everywhere within Kenya's geopolitical borders and the patriots love it, because in the constitution, there are rights and freedom clearly spelt out.  However, our leaders seem to exhaust many clauses of the constitution, they tend to be in the illusionary cognition that they are demigods and can do anything anywhere anyhow, and can spew words without applying any filter. Sensationalism it is!  To begin with, Kibra MP Peter Orero's words carries the day and wraps the week with a lot of negative trolls, negative pictures of our Kenya's political leaders. I mean the 'taka taka' remarks and the second phrase in it is 'peleka kwa Ruto'.  In the world, Kenyan memb...