"I'm still here," Baba keeps saying. But Kenyan media keeps on ignoring this statement. WHY? Who decides what happens in Kenyan affairs and how it is reported? Here's an example to show what I mean. People have said that Raila Odinga has said things like, "I'm going nowhere," "Baba is going nowhere," "I'm still here in the thick and thin of Kenyan politics," and so on. Have you read about that in the news? Nope. In the news, we instead hear about Raila's successors, like who will take over after Raila and so on. Instead, we hear in the news that "Ruto is gaining power" and "He has now completely neutralized the opposition," which are comments on the Raila-AU-job story. Now, we're told, Ruto is moving toward being in full charge. Isn't that what we're seeing in the news right now? That's why I ask again: who decides how politics are covered and analyzed in Kenya? We're not seeing the
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