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Raila faces tough test in CORD amid Orange party discontent

Cord leader Raila Odinga addresses supporters in Teso South , Busia county on the fourth day of his tour of Western Kenya, July 21st ,2016 . Photo by Evans Ouma.

Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga left for the United States yesterday, a day after completing a rigorous four-day tour of Western Kenya to contain rising discontent among some of the party's leading figures.

But even as Raila was putting out fires in his backyard following the resignation of ODM secretary general Ababu Namwamba and Vice Chairman Paul Otuoma, statements by his CORD co-principals about the suitability of his candidacy for president have raised a political storm.

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