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Deputy President William Ruto (right) speaks with Governor Isaac Ruto (centre) and former minister Nicholas Biwott at Bomet Green Stadium during a funds drive for African Gospel Church. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/Standard]
President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday turned his anger on Kenya’s print media and accused it for deliberately fanning the rivalry between his deputy William Ruto and Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto.
For the second time since his election two years ago, an agitated president Kenyatta attempted to rubbish Kenya’s media with his claims that newspapers are only good enough for wrapping meat in butcheries, as he appealed to United Republican Party (URP) leaders in the South Rift region to back the DP.
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