Spotlight KENYA Issue dated 01/02/2013

Odinga and Kenyatta feel uneasy

With a month to go until the presidential election, the two main candidates, Raila Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta, are burning the candles at both ends. Both are trying to wage their campaign against their respective rival and at the same [...] (702 words)

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