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Ol Kalou MP-elect Sammy Kamau Ngotho of the Democratic Congress Party[File-Standard]

Watch the news out of Ol Kalou two weeks ago, then watch the news out of Kampala, Dar es Salaam, Lusaka or Harare from the last five years, and try to spot the difference. A gas cylinder handed out with a smile in Nyandarua County is first cousin to a "GOK" branded mattress in Malava, which is first cousin to an internet blackout in Kampala, which is first cousin to a disqualified candidate in Dodoma. Different props, same play. Elections rarely go wrong in ways nobody saw coming.

They go wrong in ways we all watched happen in slow motion.

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