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Ichung'wah: "Shake off the viper" remark targets no one

National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah. [Anne Atieno, Standard]

National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah has clarified that his recent comments urging President William Ruto to "shake off the viper on your hand" were not aimed at any specific person.

On Sunday, September 15, while attending a service in Embakasi West, Nairobi in the company of President William Ruto and other leaders, Ichung'wah used the Biblical analogy of Apostle Paul and the viper to illustrate the President's political challenges.

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