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Facing Uhuru: Ruto, Gachagua's about-turn

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) with President William Ruto (centre) and Deputy Rigathi Gachagua during the swearing-in at Kasarani stadium on September 13, 2022. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

After five years of bashing his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta, President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua appear to be having a Damascus moment and are now praising the man they have loved to hate.

Ruto and Gachagua have since 2018 dedicated their energies to demonising the fourth president, whose policies they trashed, and dismissed his politics as misguided, divisive and a threat to democracy.

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