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New Cabinet will also be 'eaten' if it sinks into old showmanship

President William Ruto and Mining CS Hassan Joho during the swearing-in of Cabinet Secretaries at State House, Nairobi. [PCS]

The swearing in of the new Ruto Cabinet is done, the hard part begins. The President started off impressively. His address to the Cabinet and the country was measured, in style and substance.

The delivery was calm and deliberate, free of customary spectacle and dramatic bluster. President William Ruto spoke with poise. He sought to express, not to impress. It is a style State House will want to nurture and perfect.

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