Who is Harun Aydin, the Turk caught up in DP Ruto’s abortive trip to Uganda?

President Yoweri Museveni and DP William Ruto flag off the construction of Kapchorwa-Suam Road, Kapchorwa, Uganda. [Courtesy]

The revelation that a Turkish man was in Deputy President William Ruto’s planned entourage to Uganda on Monday has caused debate in the country, especially after it emerged he bears a similar name with the one charged with terror in Germany two decades ago.

Before August 2, Harun Aydin lived a life of relative obscurity. By then, he had been in Kenya for more than six weeks. He would be thrust in the public limelight after the DP’s trip to Uganda aborted.