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Back in the sky: Ruto courts the world as Kenya feels abandoned

By Brian Ngugi | 4w ago
President William Ruto arrives at Barea Mahamasina stadium in Antananarivo for Madagascar’s 66th independence day celebrations at the invitation of his counterpart, Colonel Michael Randrianirina. [PCS]

The day police mounted one of their heaviest responses to anti-government protests, President William Ruto jetted out on his 20th foreign trip this year.

The President boarded a flight to Madagascar for the country’s 66th Independence Day celebrations.

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