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The soft side of the Kenyattas and Odingas

Raila Odinga with Uhuru Kenyatta

The camaraderie between the Kenyattas and the Odingas began long before Kenya got her independence. Although the two families fiercely attack one another at public political rallies, they have always had a soft underbelly that often comes out when they meet in public.

In the biography, ‘Raila Odinga: An Enigma in Kenyan Politics’, the author notes that Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, and Jomo Kenyatta, were at one point trusted allies before they fell out.

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