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The Kibra by-election was no ordinary contest. Bernard Imran Okoth’s victory is an indictment on the use of executive authority for extraneous purposes.
Whereas President Uhuru Kenyatta, as the political head of the Jubilee Party, anointed McDonald Mariga and took a back seat to allow Kibra voters to elect the candidate of their choice, his deputy William Ruto took a sabbatical from his executive roles and made Kibra a do-or-die affair. According to the Deputy President’s allies, a Mariga victory would have relegated Raila Odinga to political Siberia.
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