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Ruto’s abortive Kampala mission and farmer wheeling barrows

Deputy President William Ruto (c) during the 'Hustler Nation' brief in Karen, Nairobi.  August 5, 2021. [ Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Veep William Ruto’s botched trip to Kampala does not even begin to describe the well-worn Kenyan expression, kama ndrama kama vindeo. No need for translation here, as I think you get the drift… We now know of the bureaucratic entanglement over Ruto debacle at the airport, when he was notified he wasn’t boarding any flight out of the country without “clearance” from his boss.

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