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Up in smoke: Is Roots party founded on a quicksand, and it's ready to flounder?

Roots Party presidential candidate George Wajackoyah and his running mate Justina Wamae. [Samson Wire. Standard]

Roots Party presidential candidate George Wajackoyah was reportedly filmed in a Kisumu nightclub (yes, he often campaigns at night, in such venues). But he was campaigning not for himself, but for the Azimio candidate Raila Odinga.

I don't know what had taken him to Kisumu, since that region isn't renowned for the two elements that underpin his manifesto: tracts of land under marijuana cultivation, or forests of hyenas, whose testes he hopes to export to China. Or venomous snakes. The only snake he would find there is the famous Omieri, which has deep spiritual significance for the lakeside community.

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