Ruto's claim on data centre power consumption untrue - analysts

Data centre. [Courtesy]

President William Ruto last week tickled a room full of Kenyans in Doha, Qatar, sending them laughing at their own plight, when he recalled a rather embarrassing moment.

After signing a deal that would see two multinationals set up shops in Kenya, Ruto narrated how he discovered their power requirements would be nearly a third of the country's installed capacity.