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Ridiculous Ruto: King of absurd promises amid stinging flattery on social media

President William Ruto serves lunch to students of Toi Primary School under the Dishi Na County programme in Kibra Constituency, Nairobi, on March 13, 2025. [PCS].

President William Ruto never seems to run out of promises; big, bold, and some bordering on the absurd.

He has not only mastered the art of roadside declarations, but also his boundless creativity when it comes to promises, grand and theatrical and even detached from reality.

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