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This is why Kidero must seek to be President as a Kenyan, not a Luo

Unlike ODM supremo Raila Odinga, Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Mr Odinga is the prince to Dr Kidero’s lumpen proletariat.

Their pedigrees are oceans apart. As they say, the two men come from different sides of the tracks. Don’t let Dr Kidero’s wealth and political might fool you. His is a rags-to-riches story. His father was a humble Nairobi policeman. His mother a homemaker.

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