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Loyalty to party bosses means primaries are a do-or-die affair

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A UDA member votes at Homa Bay Primary School on April 26, 2024. [James Omoro, Standard]

Party polls in Kenya have been a hotly contested affair since the 1980's when candidates used every trick in the book to get elected into regional or national party positions.

For many years, grassroots elections have become a do or die affair whenever political parties like Kanu, Ford, ODM and now UDA have held their party polls around the country.

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