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Down memory lane: How past State visits changed Kisumu

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Opposition leader Raila Odinga while addressing residents of Kondele in Kisumu County. [Collins Oduor/Standard]

Kisumu town has in the past few decades hosted high-profile State visits that turned out to be defining moments.

The lakeside city first hosted an international political meeting in 1961 when leading Africa’s revolutionists gathered at the Kisumu stadium to discuss emerging political trends in the continent.

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