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How Ruto walked into a copyright scandal

President William Ruto. [File, Standard]

On August 12, last month, on the lawns of Kakamega’s Masinde Muliro University, President William Ruto presided over the International Youth Day 2025 celebrations with the launch of Sinema Mashinani.

The project was neatly packaged and sold as an ambitious project meant to inject new life into the country’s struggling creative industry.

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