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Meet the man behind President Uhuru's brilliant speeches

Eric Ngeno, the man behind the President's brilliant speeches
Eric Ng'eno, the President's speech writer Photo: Courtesy

From doing ‘kazi ya mkono’ for the future Deputy President, lawyer Eric Ng’eno ended up being the speech writer for the president. He spoke to THE NAIROBIAN about how he chooses appropriate words, the length of the speech and whether Uhuru Kenyatta reads the drafts before delivery

It must be quite something to be the president’s speech writer. How did it all start?

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