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| Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero. (Photo:File/Standard) |
The temporary absence of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and the new involvement of Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero in the Homa Bay succession race has thrown Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) back to the drawing board. While the ODM leader is out of the country and will remain in India for the next one week, Dr Kidero Tuesday threw his weight behind Maendeleo Party of Kenya candidate Philip Okundi.
To some observers, the battle is no longer seen as a contest between individual candidates but a supremacy war between Kidero and Raila over the control of Luo Nyanza politics.
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