William Ruto vs Rain: A Public Appeal To Embrace The Scientific Method in the Aftermath of Kenya's Deadliest Floods Disaster
"Rainfall comes from heaven, not forests," William Ruto informed a shocked nation in a bizarre pseudo-populist miscalculation at the height of the Kibaki government's eviction of squatters from the Mau Forest complex. He added, "Rain is a blessing from God, it has nothing to do with trees." From someone on the vanguard of the most fashionable topic on the planet today, Africa's self-appointed Climate Change Champion and Spokesman, this statement comes off as a curious lapse in judgement. Because the Internet does not forget. And, as if on cue, Ruto's various factotums quickly joined in the abysmal chorus. Most notable among them was Paul Sang who, in a drawn out attempt to finesse any subtle nuances his overlord might not have made plain, vehemently denied to the departing evictees that there was a connection between rain and trees. Rain, he carefully explained, comes from the sky. Trees, on the other hand, are on the ground. Two and two together makes f
