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How Uhuru's message got lost in clutter

I am sure I am not the only one who was quite impressed with former Devolution Secretary Anne Waiguru; not just for her looks and exquisite dressing. There was a certain sparkle she brought into her office.

There was no doubt that she overshadowed her Cabinet colleagues whether by default or by design. When my colleague and I met her some time in 2014 before her world imploded, she was effusive about what Jubilee was up to. Her high-flown ideas about the NYS projects, Huduma Centres and cleaning the rot in the Civil Service were spoken with admirable conviction.

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