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Dialogue's innocent, blame Uhuru and Raila

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga are both right and wrong on this National Dialogue thing.

For purposes of this engagement, I will leave out the political hawks surrounding Raila and Uhuru because they are at best peripheral, for this thing is about these two.
To understand the context, first and which is obvious, you've got to go back to the days of their fathers, Uhuru's being the first President and Raila's his Vice President. Until Mzee Jomo Kenyatta died, he couldn't stand the sight of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.

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