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Raila presidency could have fixed the Luo-Kikuyu problem for good

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President Uhuru Kenyatta and National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga publicly reconciled and agreed to work together in the interest of Kenyans. [File, Standard].

Once a son of a Kenyan founding father was disgruntled by the direction his country was taking, and, targeted by the atrocious state, twisted a knot in the tail of Kanu's predatory regime - his name is Raila Odinga.

By daring to challenge Kanu, Raila had, as Aristotle would put it, leaped into a despot's throne. He would go on to serve nine years in detention, largely without trial. The rest, as they say, is history.

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