Muhoho Kenyatta: Smooth operator who controls purse strings

DP William Ruto with Muhoho Kenyatta, President Uhuru’s younger brother, during a celebration to mark 50 years of Muhoho High School in Kiambu County in July 2015. [File, Standard]

Dwarfed by three bottles of soft drinks and a drinking glass with a straw, the three-year-old boy watched keenly as his elder brother blew out the seven candles on the cake. The grand old man was dressed for the occasion, in rare pin-stripped three piece suit complete with a pocket handkerchief.

All attention was directed at the birthday boy, Uhuru, and Jomo Kenyatta and three other adults silently admired the proceedings.