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Raila died as a Coast man who caned him sought a 'handshake'

Former Prime Minister the late Raila Odinga. [File, Standard]

Raila Odinga died on Wednesday morning before a handshake with a remorseful man whose heart has been restless since he caned the former prime minister without provocation at a public gathering.

Lengo Karisa Mdzomba attacked the unsuspecting Raila and the then Kwale governor Salim Mvurya at Kinango market in Kwale county during an Okoa Kenya rally championing for constitutional amendment.

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