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Woman who braved heavy security to meet President Kenyatta says he never delivered on fees, jobs promised

Armed with a melodious song, Susan Wambui, then 14, was excited to perform for the Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta in a 2015 pass-out at Lanet Barracks.

Wambui says she had prepared herself for weeks to please the man that was the most powerful in the country who was to grace the occasion. She was prepared well in her school and she was to be the star of the day, "I wanted to shake the President's hands and show him how much I appreciated him," she says.

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