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Ruto's firm grip on Parliament on show again amid Azimio protests

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President William Ruto. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Whatever President William Ruto wants, he gets, thanks to the firm grip he has on the bicameral Parliament, a body fashioned to check the excesses of the Executive.

The Head of State commands a majority in both the National Assembly and the Senate. He has used those numbers to have contested pieces of legislation pass, making light work of the opposition's resistance.

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