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Lessons for Ruto: What it took past presidents to make their disloyal ministers toe the line

President William Ruto. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

My eyes trailed him across the floor of the discotheque. I had been eyeing him for some time and I thought I should strike. With my three years of karate training, I was certain I would take him down.

He hadn't provoked. I didn't even know him. However, the slum had taught me that to impress a girl, one had to show prowess in physical combat. Here he was, a man shorter than me in the company of a beautiful girl.

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