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WHY RUTO WILL NEVER BE KENYA'S PRESIDENT

By @tweeten2013 William Samoei Ruto is a force of nature…. almost literally. The Deputy President is quietly framing himself as perhaps the most powerful and hardnosed politician in independent Kenya. His brand of politics is fresh, clever and ruthlessly effective. But Ruto is not just about politics. He is the embodiment of class struggle, a hustler and a hero who has conquered the International Criminal Court. In short he is a god, adored by a legion of followers who will squash anything in his way at the snap of a finger.   William Ruto is poised to make it big. I mean real big. He is vocal, funny, rich, and furiously determined. When it comes to garnering voters, he’s in a league of his own. This man single-handedly made Uhuru Kenyatta president. Now he wants to make himself one. Who can stop him? Who? I know what you’re thinking. “Ruto is the Deputy President. He has only one forward step to make. It couldn’t be easier”. Well, the world doesn’t really work that way. It’