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Bane of Kenya Kwanza's Big Five agenda as regime enters second 18-month phase

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President William Ruto with his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua. [PCS]

As President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza administration enters its second 18-month leadership phase (think about its 60-month term as three 18-month semesters with six months at the end before the next election), general public sentiment seems to be more negative than positive, despite the bombast and bluster offered by its spin doctors.

Much of this reflects the influence of social media that is far more open and freewheeling and less constrained.

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