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Raila plan to pick Central Kenya partners scuttles reunion talks with OKA

Ford-Kenya party leader Moses Wetangula, President Uhuru Kenyatta, ANC Party Leader Musalia Mudavadi, Baringo Senator Gideon Moi and Wiper Democratic Movement Leader Kalonzo Musyoka at the memorial service of Late President Daniel Arap Moi at Kabarak in Nakuru on February 04, 2021. [Dennis Kavisu, Standard]

The push to have ODM leader Raila Odinga settle on a running mate from Mt Kenya is a stumbling block in the quest to unite him with One Kenya Alliance (OKA) principals. President Uhuru Kenyatta and strategists behind Raila’s candidature have reportedly settled on having a running mate from Mt Kenya so as to tilt it in favour of the ODM leader as well as deny Deputy President William Ruto numbers.

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