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Calls to amend the law to block Raila from 2017 race retrogressive

By Timothy Bosire

We had gotten used to calls in political rallies to block former Prime Minister Raila Odinga from ascending to the presidency. Often we have dismissed such talk as empty rhetoric, ethnic jingoism or wishful thinking. However, the latest move by a new lobby group, National Movement for Democracy Advancement, to campaign for a constitutional amendment to fix the presidential age limit at 70 is now a joke gone too far. 

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