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AJUOK: Selective outrage as a long-term fixture in Kenya’s sociopolitical sphere

There is a moral standard generally placed on persons from a region that is not demanded of others

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by COLLINS AJUOK

News14 September 2025 - 05:20
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ODM leader Raila Odinga, President William Ruto, DP Kithure Kindiki and National Treasury CS John Mbadi during a joint ODM–Kenya Kwanza parliamentary group meeting in Karen, Nairobi /PCS

Through a whopping four presidencies, ODM boss Raila Odinga has consistently engaged in what is now known in political corridors as ‘handshake’.

Essentially, whether he has lost in these elections since 1997 or has been robbed, as widely believed by his support base, the former PM has found a rallying point around which to work with the man subsequently sworn in as president. And with it has come condemnation from sections of the country, which have seen his handshakes as acts of betrayal.

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