At this rate, Pan-Africanists might start seeing the Kenyan president as the continental successor of a number of departed luminaries, including Tanzania’s John Pombe Magufuli.
But since prophets don’t get praised at homes, Kenyans may not be too excited about William Ruto’s recent bold statements on international trade, media of exchange and multilateral lending institutions, just like not all Tanzanians thought Magufuli was the new light that had been missing on the continent, as he rode roughshod over sluggish bureaucrats and confiscated passports of foreign contractors who were taking Tanzania for granted.
