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It's now payback time for Raila the kingmaker as stars align for him

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ODM leader Raila Odinga. He has only benefited once from negotiated democracy when he became the country's premier in 2008. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

ODM leader Raila Odinga has been a key power broker in the country and has paved the path for other leaders to thrive even as he wiped tears of election losses in five different presidential elections.

As the clock ticks toward the elections of the next chairperson of the African Union Commission scheduled for February next year, the stars appear to have finally aligned for Raila.

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