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Africans who boycott polls often fade away

Raila Odinga

Did NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga commit a political hara-kiri with his decision to boycott the October 26 re-run?

The NASA leader may have, as the Japanese say, disemboweled himself politically by making his decision 24 hours before the High Court pronounced itself on the candidature of Ekuru Aukot.

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