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Speaker's power play and art of political survival

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula arrives for Parliament sitting in Nairobi, on February 11, 2025. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

Throughout his political life, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula has been streetwise and one of the country's ultimate political gambler. His skills in maneuvering his political journey and successfully surviving four governments is stuff for legends.

Despite being written off by some of his opponents as an underdog, Wetang'ula has always had a knack for finding the sweet spot in the inner sanctum of power, his controversial political history notwithstanding. Currently, there is talk of impeaching him and if he survives, he will have defied odds, yet again.

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