Raila Amolo Odinga

Specifically the careers of three men hang on the outcome: President Kenyatta; Deputy President William Ruto who hopes that the alliance between his Kalenjin constituency and Kenyatta's Kikuyu will bring him the presidency four years from now; and serial presidential candidate Raila Odinga for whom at 72 this is the last chance of the top job...

Earlier this year most pollsters and independent analysts reckoned that President Uhuru Kenyatta would win easily against challenger Raila Odinga...

For Raila Odinga's Nasa campaign the biggest problems are organisational: will his alliance of four political chiefs stick together and are his loyalists well organised enough on the ground to get out the vote and protect it...

In 2013 the disappointment of supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga at losing the presidential contest to Uhuru Kenyatta was offset by impressive victories for his Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) at other levels...

He stood on the Kenya African National Union ticket of the then President Daniel arap Moi before switching to the Orange Democratic Movement of opposition leader Raila Odinga...

Lempurkel was elected for opposition leader Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement in 2013 and now faces a Jubilee challenger Sarah Korere whom he is accused of assaulting last November...

Nasa's gains owe much to the new-found unity of its five principals: Raila Amolo Odinga Moses Simiyu Wetangula Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi and Isaac Kiprono Ruto...

In the Luhya counties of Busia Bungoma Kakamega and Vihiga where Nasa leader Raila Odinga won about half the votes in 2013 the governing Jubilee alliance's intention is to cut his support to beef up its overall numbers...

This claimed the opposition was part of a plot to stop opposition candidate Raila Odinga from winning...

Given Kenya's presidential race will be dominated by just two men – President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga – the expectations raised by opinion polls and media reporting of them will have powerful resonance...

Kenya's Jubilee party also has deep pockets and a far higher level of campaign professionalism than the opposition National Super Alliance coalition led by Raila Odinga...

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Jubilee Party of Kenya can feel the breath of the serial presidential candidate Raila Amolo Odinga on the back of his neck...