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Grace Akumu: The woman who gave Raila the name 'Agwambo'

Azimio Coalition Party leader Raila Odinga is one of the prolific politicians in the country whose name rings a bell in any corner of the world. His experience in the political scene has earned him a host of nicknames, ranging from; Tinga, Hummer, Agwambo, Baba, Jakom, among others.

Tinga means a tractor, a name he got in the 1990s when he was the National Development Party (NDP) leader, the party whose slogan was Tinga. He got the name Hummer in the 2000s after imported a Hummer model ahead of the 2007 general election. Baba became his latest nickname he got from his political cronies who considered him a political father.

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