Minority Leader Junet Mohamed has claimed that entrenched power brokers in Kenya consistently worked to block the late opposition leader Raila Odinga from winning the presidency, a factor he says explains the ODM chief’s repeated electoral defeats.
Appearing on Citizen TV’s JKL, Junet argued that Raila’s losses in successive presidential contests were not the product of chance or voter sentiment alone, but of resistance from influential actors who traditionally determine political outcomes in Kenya.
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