Of Ruto’s handlers, police brutality and a press freedom crisis
When President William Ruto addressed Kenyans on Mashujaa Day, he presented himself as a leader committed to national progress, constitutionalism and the rule of law. Yet, as journalists covered protests against rising fuel prices in Nairobi, Citizen TV reporter Francis Ode was roughed up by plainclothes police officers, bundled into a police vehicle and detained….
