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Wittingly or not, Raila ceded the national arena to Ruto after August 15

ODM leader Raila Odinga. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

When, on January 7, Raila Odinga celebrated his 78th birthday, there was no sign that the opposition leader was anything but buoyant.

Reclining on a single-seater sofa, high-spirited Raila was as fresh as a daisy. Clad in a white shirt, blue jeans, and a bucket cap, he, flashing a wisp of his enigmatic smile, gave the impression that he - at long last, at least outwardly - recovered from the August election loss and was bracing for another political life.

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