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How the President is playing class politics all wrong

President William Ruto gestures during Madaraka Day celebrations in Embu on June 1, 2023. [John Muchucha, Standard]

When he ran for office, President William Ruto made clear that his administration would champion a bottom-up model of economic planning.

In other words, his administration's policies would be targeted at increasing incomes, productivity and jobs at the very wide bottom of the economic pyramid.

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