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Waziri Ruku: Giant who talks big and might just run every ministry

Public Service CS Geoffrey Ruku when he donates food staff,mattress and house hold item to victims floods in Mathere Area 4,on 23rd April 2025. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

Growing up, Geoffrey Ruku, the brand-new secondhand Waziri for Public Service, must have ventured into the bushes to fetch a log of firewood big enough to make a favourite delicacy in the region—githeri. 

Only then would he have lived up to his second name, Ruku, which translates to the largest and driest piece of firewood, used to make food that needed temperatures hotter than hell to cook. 

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