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How Raila Odinga found his way into the hearts of Coast voters, and won

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Jomvu MP-Elect Badi Twalib (centre) celebrating with some of his supporters at Mikindani Tallying centre in Mombasa County after being declared the winner. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

ODM leader Raila Odinga's dominance of the Coast politics was evident in this year's elections after his Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party won a majority of elective seats.

This is despite the over four-year sustained onslaught from Deputy President William Ruto whose United Democratic Alliance (UDA) won only four of the 30 parliamentary seats at the Coast.

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