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'President' Owalo: Is he Ruto's rival or playing hidden card?

Former Deputy Chief of Staff Eliud Owalo. [File, Standard]

Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo was the first to publicly play down former Deputy Chief of Staff Eliud Owalo’s declaration that he would contest the presidency in 2027.

Dismissing it as “hot-air, a wild goose chase and a fools errand” the outspoken legislator said Owalo’s presidential bid may be more strategic than substantive “serving as a political springboard for other elective ambitions rather than a genuine bid for the country’s top office”.

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