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The gloves are off, so why aren’t Tinga and Ruto drawing blood in their duel?

The first time I heard anyone use the term, “Right Honourable,” it was when Man Ruto, the able Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya was introducing his erstwhile lieutenant, former PM Tinga.

The year was 2008, when Tinga’s other name was, delivered with fitting reverence – and without any sense of irony – as “the people’s president.”

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