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President adopts new strategy to assert authority

President Uhuru Kenyatta with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga when they addressed the media at Harambee House, Nairobi on Friday, March 9.

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s transformation into a secretive, firm politician who sometimes makes solitary decisions continues to baffle even his inner circle while raising tension in the Jubilee Party.

Friday’s truce between the President and his political nemesis Raila Odinga which caught everyone flat-footed including Deputy President William Ruto is quite telling about his new style of doing things.

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