Azimio leader Raila Odinga speaks on the steps of KICC after witnessing the signing of the IEBC Amendment Bill, 2024, by President William Ruto, July 9, 2024.
In Kenya’s political conversations, there is consensus that the 1982 attempted coup was what turned President Daniel arap Moi into a paranoid, rabid dictator, who would go on to create a police state and to crack down on democracy and basic freedoms. This school of thought avers that coming so close to losing power drove Moi into consolidating it even more, as well as into seeing traitors, enemies and saboteurs everywhere.
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