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A lavish Iftaar party in Kwale County skipped by President Uhuru Kenyatta last Thursday has sparked controversy and left a bitter taste in the mouths of those who were not invited and those who felt slighted by the President's absence.
Some sources claimed the President may have snubbed the event because of the controversy caused by its organisers, but Mswambeni MP Khatib Mwashetani, who attended the function, said the President cancelled all functions in Kwale including the Iftaar and fundraiser at Mwangunda Primary School due to an urgent assignment in Nairobi.
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