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Ken Lusaka: From the word go, it was clear NASA was built on shifting sands

Ken Lusaka

The National Super Alliance (NASA) is one of the greatest political contradictions of our time. It is the coalition that started by going round the country telling all and sundry that Raila Amolo Odinga was a spent force incapable of defeating President Uhuru Kenyatta at the ballot.

They admonished him as a wounded soldier with one last bullet, a perennial election loser who would end up bemoaning a fourth stolen election yet again. They asked him to shelve his bid and retire from politics or support a more viable candidate.

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