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Raila has run out of luck, let him endorse someone else

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Azimio leader Raila Odinga. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

There is little chance that Raila will endorse Kalonzo Musyoka, though that is the best option he has for 2027. We will keep thudding on the ears of Kenyans that the closest Raila Odinga can come to the State House in the future is to endorse someone else, even if that person is not the Wiper party leader.

However, just like before 2022 when Raila confused his power to endorse with the power to become, all indications are that we might be headed to the 'sixth Raila moment' in 2027. The fact that Kenyans are reading too much into Raila's political moves proves they are unconsciously aware of his political apocalypse. The most recent political horoscope is speculation following Raila's praise of Kalonzo during Oburu Oginga's birthday celebration in Bondo, Siaya County, on October 15.

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