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How Ruto beat Raila's Azimio to take control of 13th Parliament

Amason Kingi (left) and Moses Wetang'ula were elected Speaker of the National Assembly and Senate respectively. [File, Standard]

A series of defections from the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition soon after President-elect William Ruto was declared the winner of the August 9 presidential election was the masterstroke that made all the difference on Thursday during the election of two speakers of Parliament.

The election was to be the final battle in a long drawn-out electioneering pitting Dr Ruto against Raila Odinga and outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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