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Kisumu receives Prezzo Ruto with jubilation, can't wait to receive Baba back in the streets

President William Ruto shakes hands with Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang Nyong'o as he laid a foundation stone for the construction of the 2,384-unit Lumumba Estate Affordable Housing Project in Kisumu Central, Kisumu County. [PCS]

My last sojourn this week was in Kisumu City and, you guessed right, I wanted to see for myself how Prezzo Bill Ruto would be received there. For those who may have forgotten, when he last toured the lakeside city during the 2022 campaigns, his motorcade was received by stone "democrats."

This is an amorphous group comprising generations of men, young and old, who stake out in the streets and claim them as their own. To do any business in the streets, you must know people, if you know what I mean.

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