Raila Amolo Odinga

It has gained prominence with the rising perception of political unfairness – in this case that opposition leader Raila Odinga who took around 60% of the Coastal vote in the annulled presidential election in August was cheated (AC Vol 58 No 22 A question of legitimacy)...

'This is a big cake for all of us so that we can serve the legislative role in this House ' said the author of the amendment Tom Kajwang' one of opposition leader Raila Odinga's most vocal supporters in the Assembly...

In an eloquent address to a full auditorium at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC on the morning of 9 November Raila Odinga leader of Kenya's opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) explained for the first time in detail what he had in mind for resolving Kenya's deepening political crisis (AC Vol 58 No 20 No open-and-shut case)...

National Super Alliance (Nasa) opposition leader Raila Odinga was not initially a supporter of devolution either but when he saw that county governors could act as a brake on the Jubilee government he became their cheerleader...

' Mudavadi had estimated the turnout before the official figure was published at 4 million or 20% and Raila Odinga put it at 3...

The boycott of the 26 October poll by his main rival Raila Odinga gave him a massive winning margin but robbed the victory of legitimacy...

Yet while the diplomats urged Jubilee against ramming through the new electoral rules midstream their harshest criticism has been reserved for the attacks by Raila Odinga's National Super Alliance (Nasa) against the IEBC...

On this issue there is stark disagreement between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga...

Why did Raila Odinga withdraw from the rerun of presidential elections scheduled for 26 October...

Raila Odinga's National Super Alliance (Nasa) leapt upon the ruling as vindication of all its varied allegations and demanded the prosecution of electoral officials and a host of changes to the electoral system...

His chosen successor the youthful Uhuru Kenyatta son of the first president was decisively defeated by the National Alliance Rainbow Coalition (NARC) an alliance of the 'Rainbow Coalition' of KANU defectors around Raila Odinga Kalonzo Musyoka and George Saitoti and the 'National Alliance' of Mwai Kibaki Charity Ngilu and Kijana Wamalwa which – through Kibaki's Democratic Party - had been the enduring centre of political opposition to KANU since 1991...

He famously urged Raila Odinga to 'get over' his defeat...