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Bare-knuckled: Ruto-Gachagua toxicity turns into accusations of extortion, murder, tribal jibes and body shaming

President Ruto and his former deputy Rigathi Gachagua have renewed a bitter public war of words, drawing condemnation from the clergy who warn that the inflammatory rhetoric threatens peace.

Bare-knuckled: Ruto-Gachagua toxicity turns into accusations of extortion, murder, tribal jibes and body shaming
Bare-knuckled: Ruto-Gachagua toxicity turns into accusations of extortion, murder, tribal jibes and body shamingPhoto: The Standard

President Ruto and his former deputy Rigathi Gachagua have renewed a bitter public war of words, drawing condemnation from the clergy who warn that the inflammatory rhetoric threatens peace.

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