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Raila Odinga recently called for Kenyans to hold a nationwide protest over the insane costs of living and many of his supporters headed the all to action.<\/p>\n

Will The \u2018Maandamano\u2019 Monday Protests Change Anything?<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Protests broke out across Western Kenya as well as the coastal region and the capital of the nation, Nairobi.<\/p>\n

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Business ground to a halt as most proprietors chose not to open their business premises to avoid looters and criminal elements who often hide within the fray of demonstrations.<\/p>\n

#Maandamano: Maseno Student shot dead by police<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

But Raila Odinga was not done with his call, he decided to go after a bank, a telco and a media company: KCB, Safaricom and The Star.<\/p>\n

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So far, only the star has seen members of the industry its a member of come out in support of it. Kenya Union of\u00a0Journalists<\/em>\u00a0has condemned the move by Azimio leader\u00a0Raila Odinga<\/em> to ask his supporters to boycott Radio Africa Group products.<\/p>\n

#Maandamano: Police in Kisumu overwhelmed by protesters<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

The Kenya Editors’ Guild has described the statement made by chief opposition leader Raila Odinga on boycotting the Star newspaper as an insult to media freedom.<\/p>\n

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That’s because the media industry is already reeling with most companies having to lay off a lot of staff members.<\/p>\n

Now the question that remains is whether or not you, dear reader would support Raila’s call to boycott these 3 companies\u00a0ama wewe hapana tambua\u00a0<\/em>boycott.<\/p>\n

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For more thought-provoking opinion pieces, click here<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. And be sure to like our Instagram page<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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