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President William Ruto at the Commissioning of Naivasha Special Economic Zone sub-station in Naivasha, Nakuru county on January 13,2024. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

In the heat of the 1970s mid-term congressional campaign in the US, former Vice President Spiro T Agnew coined the phrase "nattering nabobs of negativism." This was in reference to those critical of the Nixon administration policies.

No doubt President William Ruto has had his fair share of nattering nabobs apropos of his policies. But even the most ardent critic would be hard-pressed to refute the ineluctable facts that reveal these policies to be working.

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