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Day Raila caught PNU by surprise with support for presidential rule

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From left: Raila Odinga, then-President Mwai Kibaki and First-Lady Lucy Kibaki, and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni duriinng the promulgation of the 2010 Constitution at Uhuru Park, Nairobi. [ File, Standard]

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya leader Raila Odinga's call for an end to imperial presidency and an all-inclusive government would not have been a subject of debate now had he maintained his push for a parliamentary system in the 2010 Constitution.

The ODM leader and his allies had pushed hard for a parliamentary system of government from 1999 until the very end of 2009, when they buckled under pressure and supported the current winner-take-all presidential system in the 2010 referendum.

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