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Raila to launch presidential bid under Azimio at Thika grounds

ODM leader Raila Odinga celebrated his 77th birthday with Azimio Young Turks at Bomas of Kenya Nairobi. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

ODM leader Raila Odinga will tomorrow symbolically launch his presidential bid under the Azimio la Umoja Movement banner at the town where he ditched his father's Ford-Kenya party in 1995.

After the death of his father - opposition leader Oginga Odinga - Raila challenged Kijana Wamalwa for the leadership of the Lion party, leading to a bitter struggle. The fight sucked in retired Anglican Archbishop Manasses Kuria who volunteered to chair a National Delegates Congress (NDC) to break the stalemate.

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