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UDA chairman Johnson Muthama said President William Ruto and his allies harnessed their past experiences and lessons to work on a formidable party within two years that is now in control of the presidency, National Assembly, Senate, and most county assemblies.
"We knew the strength and weaknesses of putting together a stronger party. We needed to get it right because we were swimming against the tide of the government that was ready to stop us. Looking back, we are happy about our achievement," said Muthama.
He said that they considered a number of options before they settled on revamping the Party of Development and Reforms (PDR) to be UDA.
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