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No love lost: Why UhuRuto divorce was a matter of when, not if

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto chat after innovative youths demonstrated multi Agency projects to the head of state during his visit at the KWS Law Enforcement Academy in Manyani on October 16, 2020.[Stafford Ondego,Standard]

Where did the rain start beating William Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta? For when you are the deputy president and your boss does not hide his deep dislike for you and the thought that you could succeed him, you ride against a bad tropical thunderstorm. Equally, when you are the president and you can only lament about your deputy, you are also in a bad storm. 

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