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Mixed bag as Opposition leader Raila Odinga tours Western

Sabatia residents wave placards urging ODM leader Raila Odinga to support Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi in 2017. (PHOTO: BENJAMIN SAKWA/ STANDARD)

It was a mixed bag of reactions for ODM leader Raila Odinga at the start of his five-day tour of western Kenya to counter a rebellion triggered by some party MPs from the region.

Raila received a warm reception from ODM delegates he addressed at Sosa Hotel in Vihiga County but later ran into a hostile crowd along the routes in Mudete and Mbale towns.

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