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Can the State honour history and, at the same time, scoff at it?

President William Ruto is likely to decorate the late historian Bethwel Allan Ogot  during this year’s Mashujaa Day, when Kenyans pay tribute to their timeless heroes. But is Ruto competent to honour Ogot, or any other scholar in the liberal sciences?

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