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What if Ruto chooses to use Putin's playbook?

President William Ruto when he met with the leadership of Safaricom, KCB & NCBA on September 28, 2022. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

On December 12, 2021 at State House, Nairobi, at around 10pm, my colleagues and I were having a conversation and suddenly the white Victorian doors in one of the rooms burst open. In came this middle-aged man, impeccably dressed in a starched bright white cotton shirt and a royal purple tie. His dark suit had to be Brioni.

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