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The Kenyan Odyssey, 2002 Redux |
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Written by Patrick Gathara
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 |
In mid-2002, Kenyans were treated to a great surprise when following years of division, a selection of their ethnic potentates met together and formed a grand coalition named NARC, the National Alliance Rainbow Coalition.
Note the emphasis on words denoting unity and togetherness, and the triumph of the whole over the fraction. Four words in a name, all affirming the same idea. It did not work out, it really did not. Like a bad movie, it was panned by the critics and the protagonists showed little on-screen chemistry or potential. And now, the re-run.
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Patrick Gathara |
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| Patrick Gathara is a Kenyan cartoonist and the Secretary General of Katuni, the East African Association of Cartoonists. He writes/ draws regularly on political matters and is Politics and Society Executive Editor at KenyaImagine.
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