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By-elections have thrown the political scene into a spin

By Jacob Ng'etich | Mar. 7, 2021

**ANC party candidate Oscar Nabulindo.** [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The just-concluded seven by-elections have reshaped the political scene and given new impetus to the battle between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, on the one hand, and Deputy President William Ruto.

The stakes were always going to be high, seeing how the mini-polls came just 16 months to the next General Election. Pundits now say the results are a pointer of how things will pan out in 2022, and that they should help party leaders figure out how to protect their turfs from political assault.

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