Franz Kafka, AKA (Monkey Beats)

In 1974 Mobutu used more than $10 million to organize and finance the Rumble in the Jungle heavy-weight boxing match between Mohammed Ali and George Foreman at Stade du 20 Mai. The event was attended by some 60,000 people which gave Mobutu a perfect propaganda opportunity to entrench himself and his rule. 54 years later, Ruto, often called Mobutu ya Kilgoris has also decided to pick from the same playbook, using more than kshs 790 million to host an inaugural friendly football game in Talanta Stadium Nairobi between Bayern Munich and Ajax. Like Mobutu, Ruto is also expected to take advantage of that event and use it as a propaganda platform and tool to try cleaning his soiled image and reputation of his failed presidency. The more things change, the more they remain the same.