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Uhuru and his deputy pitch camp to court Luhya votes

DP William Ruto speaks to residents of Sirisia town in Bungoma county during a Jubilee rally (Photo: DPPS)

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have stepped up the battle for the Western vote in a bid to upstage Opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga's candidature.

Wednesday, Mr Ruto took Jubilee campaigns to Bungoma County where he declared that the Western region, where Raila garnered more votes than Uhuru in 2013, was no longer an Opposition stronghold.

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