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The Government's hosting of Madaraka Day celebrations in Wajir County signalled a national acknowledgement that Northern Kenya deserves inclusion within Kenya’s development agenda.
Whenever Northern Kenya enters Kenya’s national conversation, many of the loudest voices speak with certainty about what is wrong, who is to blame, and why the region remains behind.
During the critical early hours of the coup attempt, when some officers favored caution, General Mahamoud Mohamed rejected delay and demanded immediate action to retake the national broadcaster.
The Somalia dividend is already visible in Eastleigh's skyline, on the farms of Meru, in Kenya's universities and hospitals, and across Nairobi's diplomatic and commercial economy.
For decades the frontier counties have been discussed through the language of insecurity, drought and marginalisation but are rarely viewed through the lens of democratic opportunity.
As climate change intensifies droughts, floods, displacement and resource competition, Kenya’s Chiefs have emerged as some of the country’s most important local responders.
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