Amnesty: President Ruto’s Exchanges with Opposition Leaders ‘Unpresidential’

Amnesty International Programs Director Victor Ndede warned that President Ruto’s utterances were deeply un-presidential as such rhetoric not only distracts from governance and development but also deepens societal divisions.


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