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ODM power rifts take centre stage at Raila's sister burial

Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and ODM deputy leader Godfrey Ototsi during the funeral of Beryl Achieng Odinga at Nyamira Primary School in Bondo.[Michael Mute Standard]

Supremacy battles within the ODM party played out openly as friends, relatives and political leaders gathered at Kang’o Ka Jaramogi to bury Raila Odinga’s youngest sister, Beryl Achieng.

Subtle political undertones from key speakers — coupled with cheers and jeers from sections of the crowd — signalled that the contest to fill Raila’s big political shoes is only beginning.

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