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WANJAWA: Big lie is Kenyan democracy benefits a few and we all play

True democracy is not about ballot boxes or biometric kits but justice, equity and dignity

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by EDWIN WANJAWA

News27 July 2025 - 07:00
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Kenyan queue at a Toi Primary school polling station to cast their vote in the August 8,2022 General election /ENOS TECHE

In 1991, when Kenyans won the hard-fought battle to repeal Section 2A of the constitution and restore multiparty democracy, there was a palpable sense of hope.

It felt like a new dawn. The formation of the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (Ford) galvanised dreams of millions who believed that political pluralism would finally slay the ogre of repression, corruption and state capture.

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