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ODM leader Raila Odinga during a meeting with Nairobi Azimio Members of County Assembly at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Foundation, Nairobi, on September 2, 2025. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard].
When Raila Odinga and ODM argue that “it is better to have a bad government than none at all,” they are not only wrong, they are dangerously wrong. The statement is meant to stoke fear, to lull citizens into accepting mediocrity and even grand corruption as the natural order of things. It is a false choice, a manipulative framing designed to delegitimise any serious conversation about accountability, reform, and the rejection of rotten leadership.
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