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ODM leader Raila Odinga (left) and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. [File, Standard]
Word on the street is that the former doyen of opposition, Raila Odinga, aka Baba, is retiring from active politics, beginning next month. It is not clear what prompted this drastic decision, though speculation is rife that the embarrassment of his images circulating online as he napped in China have something to do with this monumental decision.
"Baba is a statesman and he must have suffered some blushes after being trolled by young people online," said an aide. "Those chaps are young enough to be his great grandchildren and to elicit their scorn is the sort of humiliation Baba cannot stomach."
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