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Wandayi is qualified to take up the kingpin mantle after Raila

Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga and Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi at County Hall, Nairobi, on November 24, 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Ondiek Kennedy's Op-ed in The Standard on September 12 titled 'Nyanza doesn't need political kingpins; let Raila be the last' cannot go unchallenged because it contained several statements of fallacy and omission.

It is factually recorded that the political leadership of the Luo happened organically and neither Jaramogi Oginga Odinga nor Raila Odinga were elected to this position.

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