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Raila Odinga writes to PM David Cameron, seeks cancellation of ban on miraa

CORD leader Raila Odinga. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: Opposition leader Raila Odinga has launched a new plea with the British Government to review its stand on miraa, with only two weeks before the effective date of miraa ban in the United Kingdom. The ban is schedule to start being implemented on June 24, 2014.

Raila disclosed Tuesday that he dispatched a letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron last Friday asking for an extension of the effective date by at least a year.

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