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Battle over Wamalwa shakes up Western

By OSCAR OBONYO
Political heavyweights are engaged in a tough behind-the-scenes scramble for a pre-election deal with first-term Member of Parliament Eugene Wamalwa.

Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka and Deputy PMs Uhuru Kenyatta and Musalia Mudavadi are trying to get him on their side.
A backlash from this battle recently prompted the Saboti MP to make a public show of being awake at the wheel of his own political career.

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