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Battle for State House begins in earnest as William Ruto cleared to run

UDA Presidential candidate William Ruto (centre) at the Bomas Of Kenya, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] 

Deputy President William Ruto started his journey to the Bomas of Kenya in supplication. He would later emerge as a candidate for the August 9 presidential election.

Holding hands with his allies, Ruto prayed for God’s guidance and for the removal of any darkness. But it wasn’t so much a prayer against literal darkness but obstacles he might encounter as he sets out on a quest to become Kenya’s fifth president.

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