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Storm brewing: Raila's gamble on joining Ruto's camp

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President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga. [PCS]

Political comebacks and calming storms for past governments have been a key feature in ODM leader Raila Odinga's political life for several decades.

While he was blamed for being the architect of past storms that the governments of former Presidents Daniel Moi, Mwai Kibaki, and Uhuru Kenyatta faced, the country's current political atmosphere has thrust him into the heart of President William Ruto's quest for political survival.

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