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2027 game plan: Kalonzo in fresh political dilemma after Raila deal

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Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka during the burial of Machakos governor Wavinya Ndeti's Aunt, the late Alice Kamengele at Ngelani Secondary School in Machakos County on August 2, 2024. [John Muia, Standard]

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka is at a crossroads. The strategy he devised in 2007 and almost patented when he waltzed past ODM leader Raila Odinga to become president Mwai Kibaki's deputy has been snatched from him.

Raila has in a way beaten Kalonzo to government and now the latter finds himself wading through the treacherous political waters as his Azimio coalition co-principal solidifies his union with President William Ruto.

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