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How Raila’s support for sugar reforms offers Ruto reprieve

Raila is a key player in the broad-based government, after a working partnership with President Ruto.

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by JAMES MBAKA

News16 May 2025 - 14:30
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President William Ruto shakes hands with ODM boss Raila Odinga. PHOTO/PCS.
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s decision to back radical reforms in the sugar sector could offer a significant reprieve to President William Ruto.

Raila, the leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), enjoys near-fanatical support in the sugar-producing strongholds of Western Kenya and Nyanza regions that house the largest sugar belts in the country.

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