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A tale of two cities and riding through a mountain of perils in between them

By Peter Kimani

Kenya: My good friend Philip Ochieng, or simply “PO” to his newsroom mates, used to say, in between chuckles and pushing braces up his sleeves, that he did not venture beyond east of Tom Mboya Street for food or drink.

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