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Adani bombshell as Ruto defends contentious government initiatives

President William Ruto inspects a guard of honour mounted by Kenya Airforce during the State of the Nation address at Parliament on November 21, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

As a nation on the edge gathered in different pockets of the country to listen to President William Ruto's second State of the Nation address, nothing could have prepared it for the shocker that fell.

Ruto, the head of an administration which had just hours earlier vowed to continue with the multi-billion Adani group deals through hook or crook, directed for the immediate cancellation of the pacts.

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