Security was beefed up in Nairobi on Saturday when two major political parties, Jubilee and the ODM, came together to endorse Raila Odinga as their joint presidential candidate for the Azimio La Umoja coalition, which includes over 20 parties. Heavily armed police personnel were observed patrolling city streets, particularly on City Hall Way and Parliament Road, which surround the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), where President Uhuru Kenyatta will be chairing the Jubilee party’s NDC. President Kenyatta will use the occasion to formally endorse Odinga as his preferred successor…

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