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Spotlight | Kenya
Kenyatta's business friends muscle in on Odinga's campaign

Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga. © Reuters

Delighted to secure the valuable political and financial backing of the magnates of the Mount Kenya Foundation, Raila Odinga has ceded decision-making powers to them, but this has not gone down well with his campaign team. [...]

Published on 14.10.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Kenya
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Kenya
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