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As an outsider, Malala should have picked his fights wisely, speak less

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Embattled UDA party Secretary General Cleophas Malala addressing faithful at ACK St Mathews Ituti church at Buture constituency on June 23, 2024. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

He was meant to be the United Democratic Alliance's answer to Edwin Sifuna.

Fresh from a dog's beating in the hands of Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa in the 2022 polls, Cleophas Malala was picked to challenge Sifuna's claim of the limelight.

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