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He chose the forest over votes, now let each of us plant 80 trees

When Raila Odinga planted a tree at Awendo Sub County Hospital in Migori County on April 2019. [File, Standard]

At dawn, the mist over the Mau sits like a prayer. A boda boda rider fills a jerrycan, a tea picker pauses to read the clouds, and a child watches a river that begins among trees.

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