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Unravelling The Mzungu Mentality To My Young Sisters In The Institutions of Higher Learning

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Kenya is a well-known touristic destination for all the good reasons; beautiful landscape, wonderful and breathtaking wildlife safari, beautiful coastal beaches with good climatic conditions as well as of her hospitable and welcoming people amongst others.     For the few years that I have been living in France, I enjoy taking every available ‘Kenyan moment’ which comes across as a way of representing the brand Kenya; Be it in the annual Paris Marathon where I love cheering the Kips and Cheps (as I fondly refer to them) to the finishing line while answering numerous queries from astonished Frenchmen who want to know why, and how in every marathon, it has to be a Kenyan who wins. Vous savez Monsieur, si à quatre ans vous avez dû marcher 10 kms à et de l'école,  il est seulement évident que vous devenez les meilleurs coureurs du monde Is always the response I give, simply meaning;You know sir, if at the age of four you had to walk 10 km to and from school, it is only obviou