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Forget victory if you have not started preparing for 2027 polls

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Ballot boxes outside Ruaraka constituency tallying centre on August 11, 2022. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]

The great scientist Louis Pasteur once said, "Chance favours the prepared mind". Similarly, Pasteur's contemporary, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, is credited with saying, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."

Considering Abraham Lincoln's and Louis Pasteur's wisdom, a Kenyan politician has five years to prepare for the next general elections. Thus, one should spend nearly four years preparing for a successful election.

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