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Kenya s Deputy President William Ruto. [File, Standard]
Deputy President William Ruto did not attend the reception of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu at State House, Nairobi, because he “wasn’t invited”, his aides say.
Emmanuel Tallam, the Communications Director at the DP’s Office, told
The Standard that Ruto followed the televised proceedings from his Karen Residence Office.
On whether he knows why Ruto was not alerted of the visit, Tallam said: “Only State House can answer that.”
Unlike in July, 2015 when Ruto went to State House and met the then-visiting US Head of State Barack Obama, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 the President’s principal assistant was a no-show at the Suluhu function.