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Mao stares upon China to date: Reflections of a Kenyan scribe

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President of Kenya Editors Guild Zubeida Koome leads officials of the guild in tour of Mao Zedong monuments in China. [Zubeida Kananu, Standard]

The sun's rays streamed through my window, bathing me in a warm hello. It was a bright Saturday morning last month, June 15.

I got out of bed with a smile, well aware of what lay ahead-a dip into the history of China's venerable leader Mao Zedong.

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