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Northern Kenya minister’s ‘breakaway’ statement calamitous

By Barrow Bakeeri

Minister Mohamed Elmi’s recent expression of sympathy for Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) and his stern warning that Northern Kenya may follow suit rekindles memories of Kenya’s first ever historical referendum conducted by the then British Government in 1962 on the political future of North Eastern Province or the former Northern Frontier Districts (NFD).

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