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How Raphael Tuju struck rare balance for media, State

Jubilee Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju rose from a KBC news anchor to a Cabinet Minister. We look at his political journey in our third serialisation of Kibaki Cabinets, a publication by the Kenya Year Book Editorial Board

Former President Mwai Kibaki (L), Raphael Tuju (C) and Moses Wetangula (R) at JKIA Airport in 2006 [Courtesy]

Raphael Tuju was appointed Minister for Information and Tourism in the first Cabinet of former President Mwai Kibaki in 2003. His assistant at the ministry was Beth Mugo.

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