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Kenya: The Gachagua-Mudavadi battle and its ensuing impact

By Jeff Otieno

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Posted on January 20, 2023 12:53

 © Musalia Mudavadi and Rigathi Gachagua (photo: TAR)
Musalia Mudavadi and Rigathi Gachagua (photo: TAR)

Less than a month into the new year President William Ruto’s young administration is facing headwinds caused by a simmering supremacy battle involving his highest high-ranking cabinet members. Is it trouble in paradise?

Early last year when Amani National Congress party leader Musalia Mudavadi broke ranks with his opposition colleagues to join the then-presidential candidate William Ruto’s camp, not everybody in the fold received him with open arms.

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