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Science versus humanities: What if Ruto was right?

Electrical experience in physics laboratory.

A couple of weeks ago, Deputy President William Ruto was on the receiving end of columnists and commentators in leading dailies. His sin was declaring social sciences “useless”.

To be objective, I went through some articles responding to his comments. Most of his attackers were social scientists; fellow scientists never came out to defend him.

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