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ODM leader Raila Odinga campaigning for Irshad Sumra for the Embakasi South parliamentary seat at Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Nairobi. Sumra lost the seat. [File, Standard]
Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s ODM party had a plan - to upstage their coalition partner Wiper and wrest from its pouch the only parliamentary seat they have in Nairobi.
In Ugenya, they had one job - to retain the parliamentary seat. ODM rewarded Irshad Sumra and Chris Karan with direct tickets for the by-elections in Embakasi South and Ugenya constituencies respectively.
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