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How has Kenya changed in 60 years

An old colonial house probably owned by Joubert De Wet. How did we fair on after uhuru? [XN Iraki, Standard]

Kenya is either 59 years as a republic, 60 years as a self-governing or 128 years since it became a country.

The focus has been on republicanism, not 68 years of colonialism, defined by indirect rule through chiefs, cheap labour through plantations and Mau Mau uprising that humbled the Empire.

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