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Ruto and Gachagua two years of 'unanswered prayers'

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

From brotherhood prayers to a bitter fallout - that is the short story of President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua, the faith warriors whose convictions moved mountains. But now a mountain stands between them owing to the differences brought about by living their fears.

The duo claimed that theirs was a bromance was made in heaven -- prayed into State House by men of God chaperoned by their pious spouses and therefore needed no Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reference their brotherhood -- but 24 months later, they are like Tom and Jerry, the TV cartoon characters who are forever bickering and plotting to annihilate each other by setting traps that most of the times backfire.

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