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Ruto puts bid to control Standard Group on hold

Published on 06.11.2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

Kenyan President William Ruto speaks during an interview in Nairobi, Kenya, 18 October 2023. © Wang Guansen/Xinhua via AFP

Troubled media company Standard Group is no longer of interest to the Kenyan president, whose entourage had been seeking to acquire stakes, because of the difficult relationship between Ruto and the group's owner Gideon Moi.

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