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Disunity and defections could sniff life out of the Opposition

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ODM leader Raila Odinga accompanied by Wiper's Kalonzo Musyoka and Narc-Kenya's Martha Karua for an Azimio Parliamentary group meeting in StoniArthi Machakos County. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

The face of Kenya's Opposition is hazy and as factitious as the 26 political parties that form the Azimio la Umoja one Kenya Coalition party.

The promise of power grab and the sharing of plum State jobs, which is the glue that had been holding the parties together, has dissipated and can no longer stick. Things are slowly falling apart and the former allies no longer find it tenable to gather round a table to strategise.

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