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Putting too much energy on 2027 poll is killing BETA plan

President William Ruto interacts with small-scale traders during the launch of Hustler Fund at Green Park in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Unless you are daft, it is obvious we are on to the 2027 political train. It is a perfect demonstration of how Kenyan politics is really yet to mature to a level that can bring the transformation Kenyans yearn for.

It is only two years after the last election, yet we have started being treated to theatrical machinations and political chess games that do not signify anything else other than a linking up of 'political influencers' in the name of broad-based government.

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