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EYAKUZE: Vote (or don’t), but leave Church out of it

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Stone Town, Zanzibar on March 20, 2016. PHOTO | DANIEL HAYDUK | AFP

By  Elsie Eyakuze

Columnist

Uh oh. You see, I totally believe in the separation of Church and State. As a lapsed Catholic, I especially believe in the separation of church and state, except when I don’t because all humans are a little bit contradictory.

Let me tell you the story of the Holy Roman Catholic Church and its influence on politics. See, once upon a time...Just kidding!

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