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Curious absence of Ruto from statehouse cabinet announcement

President Uhuru Kenyatta flanked by Deputy President William Ruto during an address to the nation at State House, Nairobi.

There was something different about Friday’s Cabinet announcement at State House; the absence of Deputy President William Ruto.

Despite being in the country, Ruto was not standing next to President Uhuru Kenyatta during the unveiling of part of the second and final term Cabinet and one in which 13 Cabinet Secretaries were sacked.

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