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Somali bigotry has no place in modern Kenya

Mogadishu City Club fans were seen stepping on the  Kenyan flag during their clash with Kenya Police FC at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

All Kenyans are citizens of the great Jamhuri as individuals and not corporate members of specific ethnic groups. At the same time, our Constitution and law view all of us as individuals.

Therefore, if one person breaks the law, they ought to face the legal system as individuals and not as members of specific communities. With that in mind, it is worth exploring sources of the crash tribalism visited to Kenyans who happen to be ethnically Somali over the last week.

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