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What Kenya needs is not 'nusu mkate' but permanent political settlement

When P[resident William Ruto had a conversation with Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga during the funeral service of the late former President Mwai Kibaki. [File, Standar]

It is rather interesting that our media's term of art for "maandamano" has, in a break from the past, quietly shifted to "anti-government", and not "opposition", protests and demonstrations. This is not just semantics; the subtle naming change may suggest we have finally come of democratic age.

If we go on like this,...