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Ruto tirade on media has no political value

Deputy President William Ruto speaks during the funeral service the late Richard Kaguchia father to Nyeri county assembly speaker John Kaguchia at Kiuu Primary School in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County, September 29, 2021. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

At the height of a charged campaign period, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka once told off a reporter: ‘Your name betrays you.’

Angered by the manner the journalist dug in as he sought an answer to a question, the man from Tseikuru lost his cool. His outburst was a direct sneer at the reporter’s tribe. Its timing, in a mystifying way, compares to Thursday’s tirade by Deputy President William Ruto against ‘biased’ media.

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