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How Ochwada rose and rose in political circles

By - | 12yrs ago

By Oscar Obonyo

NAIROBI, KENYA: Sometime in 2005, some old man travelled by road from his rural village of Nakhasiko in Busia County and upon arrival in Nairobi, he was declared a State guest.

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