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Pre-poll pacts and politics in vote-rich Rift

William Ruto addresses crowds in Eldoret during a recent rally in the cosmopolitan town. He is the party leader of URP [PHOTOS: MOSES OMUSULA/ ELDORET]

By Edwin Makiche

Defections and emergence of new political alliances have sent ripples across the Rift Valley as former friends-turned-foes; Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Eldoret North MP William Ruto dig in for fresh fights over the region’s vote-rich basket.

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