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The cabinet must not 'murife' from the hurdles ahead

President William Ruto, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and the newly sworn-in Cabinet Ministers at State House, Nairobi on October 27, 2022. [PCS, Standard]

While the 'Murife don't run' craze may have fizzle out, there is a bigger lesson to be picked; particularly for our new Cabinet.

I bet many Kenyans may have jumped into that meme without caring to understand its origin. From the video that gave us Murife, the man may have ventured into an Mbwa Kali zone unexpectedly. Instinctively, the man starts running for his life with the Mbwa Kali in tow'. That is where the owners or at least people familiar with it come in with the 'Murife don't run' plea.

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