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Wahome Thuku: Bar politicians who support goons from contesting elections

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Wahome Thuku, an Advocate of the High Court, has called for politicians who organise or support goons during political events to be barred from contesting elections, arguing that targeting those behind organised violence could help curb political goonism permanently. Thuku made the remarks during an interview with a local radio station on Tuesday, August 18, […]

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