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Of Ruto’s handlers, Murkomen confirms why ICC awaits UDA govt

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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen may have intended his latest International Criminal Court (ICC) warning to frighten opposition leaders, but his remarks have instead opened a broader question for President William Ruto’s administration. If security agencies knew suspected political goons were being mobilised before violence erupted in Homa Bay, what did the government know, when […]

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