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Kenyan windfall wannabes

It is a year, Sunday, since Kenya as a country lost troops at El Adde in Somalia. One of them was called Stephen Mayaka. The government has since compensated the families, giving priority to the widows, of these men who gave up their lives. And as with all windfalls, even those coming from tragic happenings like our fallen heroes in Somalia, wannabes must emerge from the debris and shrapnel.

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