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Why Raila Odinga should be president of Kenya

Ethnic vouching will not secure the future of our children and lives across the country, solid governance based on equitable distribution of resources will. We need a Kenya where it doesn’t matter if your school was named after a saint, politician, aristocrat, wild animals, trees or physical features, you will still have an equal chance in life, where your second name or religion would be a non-issue.

Raila, the self-confessed social democrat aptly fits the bill, he would be the ‘ideal candidate’….forget the little matter of him being an overnight billionaire…the downtrodden in the society honestly believe in him, they honestly believe…(Tom Wolf can confirm). He will lower the price of Unga, strengthen devolution, and turn around the economy, end tribalism & corruption (despite his stint as the prime minister stating otherwise).

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