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...
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Two mourners died in a stampede at Raila Odinga's state funeral on 17 October a day after three were killed when police opened fire and used tear gas on crowds that gathered to view the opposition leader's body at Nairobi's Kasarani stadium (AC Vol 66 No 21 Opposition colossus Odinga dies leaving succession crisis)...
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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...
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Orange Democratic Movement General Secretary Edwin Sifuna has stepped up his attacks on the deal between his party leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto...
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With two years until the August 2027 elections his legitimacy rests on a fragile alliance with his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) rival Raila Odinga...
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The conventional wisdom is that Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka who leads what remains of Raila Odinga's pre-2022 coalition will stand...
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Chebukati played a decisive role in the 2022 elections overruling a majority of IEBC commissioners to declare Ruto as the winner over Raila Odinga (AC Vol 63 No 17 Election chief proclaims Ruto victory but most of his commissioners dispute it)...
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A former MP cabinet minister and Raila Odinga's running mate in Kenya's 2022 presidential elections Karua remains vocal in Kenyan politics...
Raila Odinga former opposition leader and now in a putative alliance with Ruto finds himself in an awkward position...