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Kenyans can no longer bank on Raila to take them to 'Canaan'

ODM leader Raila Odinga speaks during a church service at St Francis ACK Church in Karen, near Nairobi, on August 14, 2022. [AFP]

Albert Einstein once said: "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it". So, we ask ourselves: Does Raila Odinga's consciousness still hold hope in solving Kenya's leadership problems? I don't think so, and here is why.

Raila has been central in shaping and perpetuating Kenya's political problems for the past four decades. Many Kenyans believed that if he were to become president, he would solve these issues and lead the country to its envisioned political 'Canaan.' It hasn't happened and is not likely to happen at all.

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