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The Earthquake That Is Yet to Strike: Musalia Mudavadi and the Long Burden of Western Kenya

By Patrick Iraki There is a cruel arithmetic at the heart of Luhya politics, one that has repeated itself with the relentless precision of a Greek tragedy for the better part of six decades. The community is Kenya's second-largest ethnic group, sprawling across Kakamega, Bungoma, Vihiga, Busia, and parts of Trans

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