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Why William Ruto wants his Cabinet Ministers in media

President William Ruto Chairs Cabinet Meeting at State House, Nairobi. [PCS]

Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries have been instructed to ensure government projects implemented under them are carried in mainstream media at least once a week.

Correspondence from the office of Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi to Secretary to the Cabinet Mercy Wanjau, reveals the irony of a government that has loathed mainstream media, but wants to use it to keep in touch with its citizenry.

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