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NASA Principal Raila Odinga. (Photo: Jonah Onyango/Standard)
Raila is among a small list of African politicians who have made several attempts and spent many years knocking at the gates of state house.
The nomination of Raila Odinga as National Super Alliance (NASA) candidate for the August presidential elections was hardly the stuff of political surprises. Long seen as first among equals, it was almost inevitable that the opposition alliance would choose the relative certainty of Raila’s pedigree, with all its flaws, over gambling on one of his co-principals.
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