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Rebirth of 'Kieleweke' and 'Tanga Tanga factions in Ruto government

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President Ruto and Deputy Rigathi Gachagua at State House Nairobi June 13, 2023. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Signs of growing factions within the ruling Kenya Kwanza coalition are a true testament that the more things change, the more they remain the same.

The unfolding political events in the Mt Kenya region reveal the emergence of two factions akin to the Kieleweke and Tanga Tanga movements that characterised former President Uhuru Kenyatta's political affairs soon after winning his second term.

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