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Odinga's plans for diplomacy reform at odds with Kenyatta's legacy

To carry out his international and commercial agenda, presidential candidate Odinga is planning to overhaul the Kenyan diplomatic apparatus. Yet this is a domain in which his scope for manoeuvre is limited while the outgoing president is still in the picture. [...]

Published on 27/06/2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

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Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga in the UK on 15 March 2022, here with UK Defence Secretary James Heappey (left).

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