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No longer at ease: When the second in command falls out of favour with the boss

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Deputy President William Ruto. [File: Stafford Odengo, Standard]

At the helm of leadership, Kenyan constitutions have always dictated that a president should have a deputy but in many ways, such partnerships always encounter a “fallout”.

The severed relationship between a president and his deputy, which has played out in public repeatedly rekindles past events where former Vice Presidents (VPs) even called it quits.

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