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Rise of Mudavadi: Extra roles signals his growing influence in Ruto's circle

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Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi. [File, Standard]

When President Ruto dismissed 21 Cabinet Secretaries in the wake of Gen Z and millennials uprising, one man, Musalia Mudavadi, was left standing and tasked to fill in the void created by the mass sacking.

Until Thursday when 19 Cabinet Secretaries were sworn in after vetting, Mudavadi has been overseeing all policy directives in the ministries including approving all the policies and major decisions within the ministries and the state corporations.

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