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President has learnt belatedly he can’t rule with sheathed sword

President Uhuru’s Jubilee has been ‘fumigating’ its house in the last few weeks. Raila’s ODM, Moses Wetangula’s Ford-Kenya and other political parties supporting BBI and the handshake are also putting their ‘political houses’ in president’s order.

It has dawned on Uhuru that if he can’t stand a fight in politics, he doesn’t deserve the presidency. Like his predecessors Jomo Kenyatta, Moi and Kibaki, Uhuru has found reprieve in brandishing the sword of power, and he has found the eureka moment of his presidency.

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