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Insults before and after prayers expose hypocrite politicians

Deputy President William Ruto walks past President Uhuru Kenyatta to make his remarks during National Prayer Day at Safari Park hotel in Nairobi on May 26, 2022. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Kenya’s political elite class has, this week, had its 19th National Prayer Day. This annual high-level fiesta has the character of a blank ritual. A wide berth exists between the solemn bluster of the day and the conduct of the political class.

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