President William Ruto and his semi-official allies in the late Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) enjoyed a bumper by-election day on 27 November winning 16 of the 24 seats contested and retaining all those they previously held...

THE PARTY GOES ON AFTER RAILA No expense was spared when the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) marked its 20th anniversary without its talismanic leader Raila Odinga flying in thousands of party delegates for a weekend-long celebration in Mombasa from 14-16 November...

The death of Raila Amolo Odinga has left Nairobi's political class with a compelling question: how much longer before his Orange Democratic Movement splits...

Until the death of Raila Amolo Odinga from a heart attack on 15 October President William Samoei Ruto's path to re-election in August 2027 had seemed clear: having turned his back on the central Mount Kenya region he would need Odinga to deliver his Western and Coastal support bases under a pact offering Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) a string of key ministries and perhaps the deputy presidency...

Back in 2022 Sakaja won on the ticket of Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) in a city where a sizable majority had voted for Raila Odinga in successive presidential elections...

Raila Amolo Odinga whose activism helped launch multi-party politics in Kenya and reformed the constitution after winning a national referendum died on 15 October following a heart attack in Kerala India...

The son of the country's first Vice-President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Raila Odinga emerged as leading campaigner for political pluralism and against the authoritarian rule of Daniel arap Moi...

The product of a 2018 handshake between opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta BBI sought to carve up power between them by creating the new positions of Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition...

They will be the first test of opinion since Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) joined President William Ruto's government...

The price of propping up an unpopular president is rising for veteran opposition figure and kingmaker Raila Odinga...

With two years until the August 2027 elections his legitimacy rests on a fragile alliance with his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) rival Raila Odinga...