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Inside betrayal politics tearing Mulembe Nation apart

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula shifted allegiance to President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza Alliance ahead of the 2022 General Election. [File, Standard]

The attempt to remove Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna as secretary-general of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has triggered more than an internal party shake-up. It has opened up old wounds of disunity and betrayal in Western Kenya’s political landscape.

Questions now linger: Why does a region with over 2.6 million registered voters keep losing strategic national positions?

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