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Kenya Kwanza fumbling has dashed hustlers' high expectations

President William Ruto shares roast maize with Mowlem residents in Endebess, Trans Nzoia County, May 2019. [DPPS]

From lethal brews that have killed and turned many men into vegetables, to politically-induced fights in the quest for dominance, Central Kenya is fast gaining infamy as the new theatre of the absurd.

A clash between Thika MP Alice Ng'ang'a and Kamenu MCA Mburu Kang'ethe turned fatal last week. Friday's Limuru III meeting chose retired President Uhuru Kenyatta as leader of the newly formed Haki Coalition; the clearest indicator that Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and cohorts have lost favour.

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