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Northeast Kenyans call out ’52 years of suffering’ on anniversary of self-rule

Amid #MadarakaDay celebrations, Kenyans denounce treatment of northern counties.

While many Kenyans marked #MadarakaDay on Monday, celebrating 52 years of self-rule, residents of the northeast decried government treatment of their region with #52YearsOfSufferingInNEP.