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Writing on the wall for ODM as Raila men lose in polls

ODM leader Raila Odinga campaigning for Irshad Sumra for the Embakasi South parliamentary seat at Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Nairobi. Sumra lost the seat. [File, Standard]

Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s ODM party had a plan - to upstage their coalition partner Wiper and wrest from its pouch the only parliamentary seat they have in Nairobi.

In Ugenya, they had one job - to retain the parliamentary seat. ODM rewarded Irshad Sumra and Chris Karan with direct tickets for the by-elections in Embakasi South and Ugenya constituencies respectively.

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