Ruto’s Tanzania visit exposed troubling governance attitudes and deeper flaws in East Africa’s leadership.
By
Tee Ngugi
Columnist
Nairobi-based political and social commentator
The state visit to Tanzania by William Ruto gave us a glimpse of a grim future facing East Africa and, by extension, Africa. State visits are not, as is often the case in Africa, opportunities to revel in the pomp and ceremony of the occasions.
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