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Kenya
Ruto treads carefully as Mungiki sect shows signs of revival

Kenyan president William Ruto and the former leader of the Mungiki sect, Maina Njenga. © BJ Warnick/Newscom via Alamy / James Wakibia/Sopa/Zuma Press via Alamy

Keen not to erode his central Kenya base, the president is trying to discreetly counter the leader of an infamous banned group that appears to have returned to centre stage. [...]

Published on 29/06/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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