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Why Ruto is still more attractive to opposition MPs deserting Raila

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President William Ruto and Interior PS Raymond Omollo with seven ODM 'rebel' MPs at State House, Nairobi. [PCS]

President William Ruto has always found a way to win over people - even when he was in flux like when he fell out with his boss Uhuru Kenyatta in their second term and interaction with him attracted a harsh reaction.

During those trying times, though, his Karen residence in Nairobi teemed with visitors, whose number and frequency increased during and a year before the August 9 elections.

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