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Raila’s win will depend on what he utters from now on

Raila Odinga

As we move closer to the 2017 General Election, one thing is clear in my mind. The NASA coalition is edging closer to victory. In 2013, people in my home county of Isiolo voted overwhelmingly for Jubilee, this time around, a large majority have been bitten by the NASA bug. People are singing NASA all over not just in Isiolo, but also in places like Meru that were considered the bedrock of the Jubilee coalition.

It is a throwback to 2007 in the wake of the Orange wave that swept through the country, though former South African Justice Johann Kriegler, who led a team investigating the disputed 2007 presidential elections said deciding who the winner of that election was, was difficult. The build-up to that election pointed at a Raila win.

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