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Uhuru’s night call that calmed Raila

By Moses Nyamori and Roselyne Obala | Mar. 8, 2021

**Makadara MP George Aladwa at a women leaders meeting to drum up support for BBI.** [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

ODM leader Raila Odinga cancelled his much-publicised rally at the famous Kamukunji grounds in Kibra constituency, Nairobi, at the last minute amid reports of a phone call by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

The President reportedly reached out to Raila hours after his allies Siaya Senator James Orengo and Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo threatened that ODM could bolt out of the working arrangement with Jubilee due to alleged interference by powerful individuals at the Office of the President.

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