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Why President's hustler revolution has finally died

President William Ruto interacts with small-scale traders during the launch of Hustler Fund at Green Park in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

With Thursday’s Cabinet appointments, President William Ruto effectively concluded his drawn-out surrender to Kenya’s establishment, the so-called dynasties.

Ruto won the presidency on the promise of working to remake our political economy – to knock off the “dynasties” from their monopolistic perch, and make the economy fairer for all Kenyans (especially the poorest among us).

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