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President Ruto after laying the foundation stone for the Makupa mixed use development market in Mvita constituency, Mombasa County, on May 25, 2026. [PCS]

Flashback. 21st May 1991, Tamil Prinadu, India. A large crowd had gathered to welcome India’s Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi into a planned re-election campaign rally.

Gandhi, was welcomed by a rapturous crowd. Unknown to his security detail, one of those queuing to greet the Prime Minister was a female suicide bomber and a member of the Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) operating from Sri Lanka.

Unhappy with Gandhi’s decision to send a peace keeping mission to their war-torn country, the rebels resolved to kill the Prime Minister to thwart his re-lection bid.