He is among the few leaders from Nyanza whose flower blossomed after the election of President William Ruto in August after several years in the cold.
A towering figure who measures his words with careful grit and plays it cool even when the political sea is rough, ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo is slowly developing a profile as a force to reckon with.
His bosses - President Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua - rate him highly in their Cabinet with Gachagua describing him as the most dedicated CS. In Nyanza, he has emerged as the cream and a trusted ally of president Ruto, elbowing out a long list of political leaders who had joined Ruto's camp in the build-up to the last elections with the hope of earning a seat in Ruto's high table.
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