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Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta were incompatible from the word go

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Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto at State House, Nairobi, April 2015. [Tabitha Otwori, Standard]

From the optics, the natural chemistry between President William Ruto and former President Uhuru Kenyatta is inherently incompatible.

I hold a theory that this state of affairs is attributable to the upbringing of both individuals which could have motivated Ruto to craft the hustler-vs-dynasty narrative as a campaign strategy.

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