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Ruto vs Kalonzo: A tale of betrayal, quest for revenge and big dreams

Kalonzo Musyoka and William Ruto. (Photo: Courtesy)

When Kalonzo Musyoka sits in his gazebo in the middle of his four-acre property in Nairobi’s plush Karen suburb, one of the bitter memories that come to his mind is that night five years ago when William Ruto convinced Uhuru Kenyatta that Kalonzo had no business being on the Jubilee ticket.

“We had agreed with Ruto that I would be on the presidential ticket, with Uhuru as my running mate or vice versa. Ruto was to be the majority leader,” Kalonzo records in his book Against All Odds.

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