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Joho uses Raila 'birthday' to boost political capital

ODM  Governors, Senators and MPs dance during the celebration to mark the birthday of the late Party leader, Raila Odinga. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

"It was all about Hassan Joho's 2027 political survival." This is how a senior politician who attended Wednesday's late Raila Odinga's 81st birthday celebrations in Mombasa described it.

The MP, a close ally of Joho, said the real agenda of the celebration, attended by over 2000 delegates in Mombasa, was to rally the coast region behind Joho's ambitions in 2027 and 2032.

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