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How last minute changes led to Raila's ODM shake-up

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ODM leader Raila Odinga with the newly elected party leaders Abdulswamad Sharif Nassir, Simba Arati and Godfrey Osotsi at Capitol Hill Square. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

A last-minute jostling saw Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement introduce a new deputy party leader position, with the opposition party awarding the chairperson position to Homa Bay Governor Glady's Wanga.

In new changes announced by ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi and Governors Simba Arati (Kisii) and Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir (Mombasa) were made Raila's deputies, a decision made to calm growing tensions.

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