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Don't take Kenyans back to 2007 zero-sum politics ahead of 2027

President William Ruto and Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at State House, in Mombasa, on February 24, 2025. [PCS]

Kenya's high octane political campaigns are on. That they are premature is not a big issue. That is our style. The big issue is the nation must be careful not to return to the future.

ODM's Raila Odinga and President William Ruto, and indeed former DP, Rigathi Gachagua, especially need to guard against driving the country back to the 2007/2008 drama from hell.

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