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Elections and more darned elections

The haughtiness that comes with being an MP and councillor is getting flushed out of the system. It’s a slow, gradual process but expect it to gather steam as the months get swallowed up by time.

Around mid-next year we voters should be fine and just like the Stella in the novel our groove will be back. Our stock should rise and nudge blue-chip level. We were served a trailer in recent by-elections. To those still stuck in the pre-millennial phase a trailer is a glean into what is going to happen – a kind of dress rehearsal.

The recent by-elections brought home how important we are going to be round about election time. A few weeks ago, I met one of the candidates for a by-election recently in my village.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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