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If Kenyan leaders learnt to eat last, we would have a happier, healthier society

A police officer monitors as pupils at a primary school in Mombasa, Kenya. Our country is not concerned about corruption, but we are concerned about cheating in examinations. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  NERIMA WAKO-OJIWA

Officers eat last, the troops eat first. Sometimes there is no food left, but it comes with the title.

When I joined the Marines, I was 21 years old, so I find it hard to believe that in Kenya, a 35-year-old, is still considered a youth.

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