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How 'building nation in different ways' could imperil Ruto's tenure

President William Ruto. [File, Standard]

When I was a teenager back in the 1980s, I was curious, young, and impressionable. I did numerous things, much of which I forgot. But I know some things because I loved history and poetry.

The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifts off in 1981; US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ease tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 is considered one of the most momentous events of the 1980s.

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