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Raila endorsing another candidate is a Jubilee trickery

There is a well-choreographed story doing rounds on social media questioning Raila's ability to clinch the Presidency after three ‘failed attempts’. The creators of this debate argue out that Raila is best suited in marshalling his nationwide support to vote a different candidate like he did in 2002 in support for former president Mwai Kibaki than marshalling the same voters to support him.

This leaves me wondering how sometimes Kenyans can be unfair to Raila Odinga. The castigators of this debate have even gone ahead and released pictures of a possible line up dubbed ‘The Winning Team' with Kalonzo Musyoka as the preferred presidential candidate with Musalia Mudavadi as his deputy and Moses Wetangula appearing somewhere between the Speaker of The National Assembly and majority leader.

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