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Support for Raila's AU bid shouldn't be pegged on his loyalty to Ruto

President William Ruto and former primier Raila Odinga at Yoweri Museveni's Kisozi farm in Uganda, February 2024. [PCS]

The Kenya Kwanza leadership should not use its support for Raila Odinga's bid for the coveted chairmanship of the African Union Commission (AUC) to gag him.

The recent outbursts by leaders of the bicameral houses; Senate's Aaron Cheruiyot and his National Assembly counterpart Kimani Ichung'wah that Raila must toe the Ruto administration's line were in bad taste.

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