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For the love of God and Kenya, can the real Raila please stand up?

ODM leader Raila Odinga addresses the press after officially opening Azimio la Umoja secretariat at Nyali in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

Word had gone round on Monday evening that former Prime Minister Raila Odinga would address the media from his Karen home.

After a torrid weekend of defections, many expected a forceful comeback from the master of self-renewal. But when it came, it was an anti-climax that elicited scarce mention in mainstream media. To be sure, this is no way an attempt to downplay the importance of the informal sector (jua kali) in the economic transformation.

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