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Aug 2022
23m 30s

William Ruto to become Kenya's new presi...

Bbc World Service
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Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, has been declared the winner of a tight race against the opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. We talk to Ken Gichinga, chief economist from Mentorial Economics, in Nairobi, about the markets' expectations from the new leader. Scotland has become the first country in the world to issue a law requir ... Show More
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