Are Raila and his men in Ruto's Cabinet breaking their oath of secrecy?

Former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga at a burial in Maanzoni, Machakos County. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

The recent revelations about intelligence leaks in the US involving The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who was added to a top-level national security signal chat where war plans were shared, has lifted the lid on the daunting task of keeping sensitive information in the right hands.

Michael Waltz, a national security adviser, inadvertently added Goldberg to the chat that reportedly included Vice President James David Vance and made the journalist privy to discussions about strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen two weeks ago.

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