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Our woes aren’t constitutional but about failure of leadership

The impoverishment of Mombasa by the government by forcing the use of SGR on all imports is a direct and fundamental assault on devolution, one of the most important pillars of our Constitution. It proves, yet again, that our problems are not about constitutional failure; they are about leadership failure, coupled with a deep contempt of ordinary people.

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