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Analysis: Ruto doesn't have the answer to hunger when 2008 maize scam still lingers

Deputy President William Ruto , Uasin Gishu County Governor Jackson Mandago and former KLPC MD Ben Chumo eat boiled maize after he commissioned last mile electricity to Purity Riungu house at Kesses, Uasin Gishu County. [File, Standard]

Presidential candidate William Ruto is nothing if not brazen when he presents himself as the man to save Kenyans from hunger, while at the same time criticising the government for trying to do just that.

What Ruto omits to tell you is what occurred in 2008 when, as Agriculture minister,...