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And now in what seems to be a repeat of history in the running of government, we take a look at the similarities and otherwise between President William Ruto’s move to dissolve his cabinet and the path that the country’s third President the Late Mwai Kibaki took when he fired all his ministers and their assistants in 2005. Just like his predecessor whose loss in the 2005 Constitutional Referendum was interpreted as a vote of No confidence in his government, President Ruto has also been under pressure to defend his administration’s performance as a section of the electorate escalated their expression of displeasure with his government.
Comparison of Presidents Kibaki and Ruto on dissolving the Cabinet
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