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Meru man who hung on Raila Odinga’s helicopter arrested

Julius Mwithalie who hung on Raila Odinga's helicopter.

Meru, Kenya:  A 28-year-old man who had clung onto a chopper carrying opposition leader Raila Odinga from Maili Tatu grounds in Meru County wanted to follow him in order to be given a job.

 Destitution led Meru's 'James Bond', real name Julius Mwithalie into jumping onto CORD leader Raila Odinga's chopper when it took off from the crowded Maili Tatu stadium in the miraa-growing region of Igembe Central on Thursday.

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