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Western leaders split over Ababu Namwamba's new position in ODM

The endorsement of Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba as ODM Secretary General heralds a change in Western Kenya’s political landscape and could open up the region for another supremacy battle.

His appointment to the top of one of Kenya’s biggest political parties opens an avenue for leadership wrangles in a region lacking a unifying leader after the demise of former Vice President Wamalwa Kijana.

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