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President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto join in a dance during the New Year celebrations at the Kisii State Lodge, on January 1, 2024. [File, Standard]
I have a new resolve for the New Year: I will engage in something called news avoidance. It simply means a deliberate effort not to read or catch up with the news because it feels as though what's being reported today was reported yesterday.
That was my precise response when I tuned in to my laptop-because the TV set has long been taken over by the true owners of the house on the New Year's eve and found Prezzo Bill Ruto delivering his state of the nation address.
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