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Day Kenyatta promoted DO during a drinking party

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Mzee Jomo Kenyatta salutes supporters during a past event. [File, Standard]

Taking swigs of his brandy at the back of a shop as the borrowed radio rattled off the election results, the Kanu president who was wearing the party colours of red black and green monitored the happenings around the country.

The brandy he was sipping had been bought by Wariara, the host's wife, from a neighbour. Although it was not yet noon, Jomo Kenyatta was in the mood as he ticked off his candidates who had prevailed. Outside, his bodyguards and an army of supporters peered through the widows of the general shop to catch a glimpse of the man they expected to become president.

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