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William Ruto should not stifle dissenters through the 'hug'

President-elect William Ruto's lawyer filed a response to the presidential petition at Supreme Court in Nairobi on August 26, 2022. [ David Gichuru, Standard]

The first political act by President-elect William Ruto after he was declared the winner, was the assimilation of the MPs-elect into his Kenya Kwanza Alliance.

He has continued to swallow independent MPs and raid political parties which had struck legal deals with his competitors. When one dangles the carrot of promissory favours to the opposition even before taking oath of office, that becomes a red flag.

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