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Raila Odinga will do himself a great deal of good by declining the mock swearing in process

It seems Raila Amollo Odinga is intent on having himself sworn into an office he and all his supporters know just too well does not exist.

There is nowhere in the modern world where anyone has assumed the highest office in the land by being sworn into or swearing themselves into an office that does not have the instruments of power they crave. There is therefore no precedent to go by for anyone attempting to justify the planned Raila swearing in as president on December 12, 2017.

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