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'Crystal ball' Professor Mutua failed to anticipate own future in KK government

Professor Makau Mutua addressing the media at a press conference held at Nyayo Stadium on June 4, 2022. [File, standard]

My heart goes out to Makau Mutua, a distinguished professor at a fancy university in the Yues, who was trolled in the latter part of the week for joining Prezzo Bill Ruto's discredited kafment as an advisor for this and that.

Many Kenyans are appalled that the good prof, who writes kizungu mingi every Sunday under the mantra of "Crystal Ball," in which he analyses local politics with predictive rigour, did not anticipate his own future working for the Zakayo administration!

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