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Ruto fails to address hunger crisis as politics dominate Nyota launch in North Eastern

President Ruto at Garissa High School grounds during the disbursement of NYOTA programme start-up capital to young entrepreneurs, including refugees. [PCS]

Even as President William Ruto launched the much-touted Nyota programme in North Eastern with fanfare, the politics displayed at the event stood in sharp contrast to the gnawing hunger and desperation gripping families beyond the rally grounds. 

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