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I partially listened to Prezzo Bill Ruto's address to the nation from Uhuru Gardens, reading from a teleprompter and puncturing the air with his fists: "In the face of undeniable evidence, scepticism must give way to confidence and we must reject the deceptive embrace of disinformation and fake news. The results and positive impact of our collective pursuit of fundamental economic change can no longer be wished away..."
I did not understand a word of it, or even why he used so much force to deliver what seemed like a pointless quest, as we all missed the point.
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