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Farouk Kibet: Is this the man running the presidency?

Farouk Kibet, President William Ruto's personal assistant speaks during a fundraiser for Angata Barikkoi PEFA church in Transmara South Subcounty, January 18,2025. [Kiprono Kurgat, Standard]

How can an unelected man who boasts of obscure academic credentials and has no formal office hold so much sway in the corridors of power for so long? How can such a man evoke so much love and resentment at the same time.

Welcome to the world of Farouk Kibet, a man who has made a deputy president, Cabinet Secretaries, governors and Members of Parliament quake in their boots.

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