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How Mutahi Ngunyi turned from Uhuru's adviser and defender to heckler

Mutahi Ngunyi did not emerge from the wilderness to comment on Uhuru Kenyatta. He was not an outsider. He was an insider, deep inside. He served as a presidential adviser. [File, Standard]

 Kenyan politics has a cruel afterlife. It does not simply retire its actors; it recycles them, often in undignified ways.

Power in Kenya is not merely exercised. It is remembered, resented, and weaponized long after it has left office.

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