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One year on, hustlers feeling the heat of Ruto's bottom-up economic model

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President William Ruto during a church service at Faith Evangelist Ministry, Karen, on August 13, 2023. [PCS, Standard]

Last year, Kenyans were waiting for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati to declare one of the top candidates as the winner of the 2022 presidential election.

The country had gone to the polls five days earlier, on August 9, and expectations were high.

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