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How Ruto's self-worship, romantic rhetoric mask reality on ground

President William Ruto lead Cabinet Secretaries and senior Government officials during the 3rd National Executive Retreat to review Government performance meeting held at KCB leadership centre on Thursday. June 19. [Jonah Onyango,Standard]

The ubiquitous presence of the government can be suffocating. It literally sucks the air out of your lungs. It leaves you gasping for breath, wondering when the state will allow citizens to live. President William Ruto is especially abundantly present. 

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