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Senator Okiya Omtatah (centre) and other protestors during anti-abduction demonstrations at Aga Khan Walk, Nairobi, on December 30, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]
The last day of 2024 saw the national crisis over the enforced disappearances of young citizens unfold dramatically in three courts, watched by millions. As the second week ends with no sign of their release, what might be the climax of this Kenyan tragedy? Spoiler alert.
Respected former Tahidi High actor Xavier Nato sadly died this week. May he rest in peace. He would tell us all great scripts need a story focus, dramatic structure and a few powerful characters that speak to and elevate our own human experience. With several episodes of forced abductions of Gen Z activists, Ugandan opposition party leaders and Turkish refugees, the stage was set long before this wave of recent abductees.
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