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Looks like Baba's been left 'talking to himself' as Kenyans move on

When ODM Leader Raila Odinga addressed the media over Saba Saba protests at Serena Hotel in Nairobi on July 7, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The gang of men behind him said it all: Raila Odinga aka Baba, the former doyen of Opposition now running a recruitment bureau, primarily consulting for Kenya Kwanza government, appeared insecure.

He needed sufficient numbers to back him up to get his message across: Kenyans, he said, needed a multigenerational, nationwide conversation. What about, he did not specify.

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