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How Ford Asili has dodged landmines for 30 years now

Kenneth Matiba welcomes Charles Rubia to Ford Asili after he defected from Kenya National Congress. Looking on is sec-gen Martin Shikuku, 1994. [File, Standard]

In a country where political parties rarely last more than a five-year election cycle, the pioneer party has withered many political storms, betrayal and treacherous plots to celebrate its thirtieth birthday. 

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