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Loyalty to party bosses means primaries are a do-or-die affair

During the single party era, Cabinet ministers used their influence to be district Kanu chairpersons, positions they used to lock out politicians from rival camps contesting for civic and parliamentary seats.

And so, people like Sharif Nasir, Mulu Mutisya, Francis Lotodo, Elijah Mwangale, Oloo Aringo, Zachariah Onyonka, William ole Ntimama, Moses Mudavadi, Joseph Kamotho,...