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It is a humbling and deeply reflective season for ODM party leader Raila Odinga and the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition following the Supreme Court's affirmation of William Ruto as the duly elected fifth president. Raila's fifth failed shot at the presidency leaves even the most fervent of his followers at a crossroads. They are lost for political direction and activity.
Three questions stand out. What next for one of Kenya's most colourful and influential politicians ever? Where next for his fervent home base supporters who have breezily rallied around the Odinga family for close to eight decades? And what next for the Opposition and for ODM and Azimio la Umoja One Kenya?
The defeat in the presidential poll was bad enough, as things stood. Yet, the sense of loss has been intensified by the taking of the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker in both the National Assembly and the Senate by Ruto's Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
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