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Mr Wajackoyah, please leave hyena and other scavengers alone!

Hyena at Impala Sanctuary in Kisumu [Peter Muiruri]

The past month has been awash with clichés and fads gracing the media space, with social media taking the lead in driving political annotations to one of the presidential candidates.

Roots Party Presidential candidate Prof George Wajackoyah’s manifesto has suggested an economic recovery plan for Kenya by commercialising the gonads of the hyena (Crocuta crocuta) and harvesting the sought-after venom from snakes for sale to Chinese markets. 

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