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Ababu Namwamba's tricks for political survival

Ababu Namwamba

His chutzpah shocked even dyed-in-the-wool Opposition supporters. That was in 2008, and MPs were being sworn in.

Among the first-term legislators was an eloquent young man bubbling with NGO activism who had the cheek to pledge his loyalty to Opposition leader Raila Odinga instead of Mwai Kibaki, who had been declared the President in Kenya’s most contested and bloody elections.

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