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President William Ruto has his way as opposition camp wavers

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President William Ruto with National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula when he promptly visited parliament on October 5, 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

President William Ruto is a man on a roll and seems to have mixed charisma, scheming and luck to have his way in the early days of the presidency, beating all opposition and legal obstacles.

Deploying a mix of negotiation, persuasion and tough-talking, Ruto is firmly in charge of the Executive while the church seems to be eating from his palm.

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