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History lessons Raila Odinga disregarded

Isiolo Deputy Governor Mohamed Guleid

NAIROBI: Is Raila Odinga a tactful politician, a luckless or reckless populist? A newspaper columnist once asked.

I revisit this in light of what has happened in the past two weeks following the long-coming resignation of Budalangi Member of Parliament Ababu Namwamba from ODM and the imminent implosion of the CORD coalition.

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