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Raila's bid for AUC post exposes Kenya's complex political matrix

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President Uhuru Kenyatta (C) his deputy William Ruto (L) and Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the launch of Building Bridges Initiative report at Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi on November 27, 2019. [File, Standard]

Azimio leader Raila Odinga's African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship bid has not only united him with President William Ruto but has also brought into the matrix former President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Since 2018, the President and his predecessor have not been on good terms after the latter shook hands with Raila in what Ruto and his allies interpreted as a scheme to isolate him from the administration he served as the Deputy President.

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