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Luo Council of Elders Chair (Ker)Odungi Randa (Center) is coronated at Ofafa Hall grounds in Kisumu [Michael Mute, standard.]
In its heyday, the Luo Council of Elders was a key pillar driving conversations, providing directions whenever the community was at a crossroads and serving as a mediator in times of conflict.
But this is now a distant memory as the current council disintegrates into what some residents claim is now elders for hire, only available to do bidding for politicians when it suits them.
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