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Just as every administration has the Cabinet, there are the inner circle movers and shakers and the kitchen cabinet who largely define its tenure. These are men and women who have the president's ear and a mere whisper from their pursed lips can make or break careers.
In the course of Kenya's history, they have been assigned or assigned themselves diverse roles like advising the head of state on weight matters to just tickling him, sharing a tipple or tearing juicy goat ribs under starlight skies.
The four former presidents have had their strong men and women orbiting in their power circles and who called shorts sometimes even without offices or being government appointees.
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