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Ruto digs in as Raila allies hit back on claims he’s retired

Deputy President WIlliam Ruto and Migori Governor Okoth Obado (left) at Kendege Technical Training Institute in Migori County yesterday. The DP was in the county to launch road projects. [DPPS]

Deputy President William Ruto closed ranks with Migori Governor Okoth Obado to push back against former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s resurgence in elective politics through the handshake.

And in Trans Nzoia, hordes of Raila-allied MPs were wooing former presidential candidate Peter Kenneth to team up with their leader for the 2022 contest, now thrown wide open through a presidential declaration.

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