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Kenya

Raila Amolo Odinga

Date of Birth: 2 January 1945
Place of Birth: Maseno, Kisumo District, Nyanza Province


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The anti-corruption collapse

Many Kenyans now believe that Kibaki's government is at least as corrupt as that of his predecessor Daniel arap Moi even if they are unsure that voting for an opposition alliance such as the Orange Democratic Movement under Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka would cut graft more effectively...

However on 12 October Oburu Odinga the Bondo MP brother of Raila Odinga and Chairman of Parliament's Finance Planning and Trade Committee called for Charterhouse to be reopened and allowed to operate normally...


A political resurrection

The former Public Works Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Raila Amolo Odinga accused Kibaki and his allies of betraying the memorandum of understanding which brought the constituent parties together to defeat Daniel Toroitich arap Moi's Kenya African National Union (KANU) in December 2002...

NARC-Kenya grew from the ashes of Kibaki's defeat in the November 2005 referendum by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) which brings together KANU under Uhuru Kenyatta and the LDP under Raila Odinga...

Uhuru Kenyatta and ex-President Daniel arap Moi campaigned for KANU's David Manyara who came in last; Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka set aside their differences to support the LDP's Michael Brawan who came a creditable second...


Presidential hopefuls take to the road

He is suspicious of the more street-smart LDP leader Raila Odinga...

Alongside ex-President Daniel arap Moi he distrusts the Orange Democratic Movement and Raila Odinga although he is willing to support their demands for minimal constitutional change...

Raila Amolo Odinga (Luo and LDP leader) ran a television campaign smartly timed to catch the World Cup football audiences; his new authorised biography puts him at the heart of the 1982 failed coup against Moi that earned him six years in jail...


Slapping the messenger

The tale sharpened divisions both between Kibaki and his supporters and between Musyoka and Liberal Democratic Party leader Raila Odinga...


In the hole

The opposition ODM led by former Public Works Minister Raila Odinga says this isn't enough...

The following day ODM luminaries - Raila Odinga William Ruto Anyang' Nyong'o Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (the leading ODM contender for the presidency) and Mutula Kilonzo - addressed a huge impromptu rally outside the KTN offices...


The hawks are circling

Opposition leaders Kenyatta and Raila Odinga want mass protests and a confidence vote...


Going down with the ship

Opposition kingpins Raila Odinga William Ruto Uhuru Kenyatta and Kalonzo Musyoka - nominally united under the banner of the Orange Democratic Movement - are demanding the immediate recall of parliament and a vote of no confidence in the government...


Voters' voices

KENYA: The stand-off over the new constitution between President Mwai Kibaki's supporters and those of Raila Odinga will dominate politics...

Raila Odinga Kalonzo Musyoka and Musalia Mudavadi have announced their interest...


Mwai's muddle

Kibaki left out all seven ministers from the Liberal Democratic Party faction of the coalition including Raila Odinga and Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka who had campaigned for rejection of the constitution...


Smashing the fruit bowl

The Orange victory prompted Kibaki to sack his entire cabinet and prorogue parliament on 25 November; the Orange campaigners led by Raila Odinga called for new national elections (AC Vol 46 Nos 21 & 23)...

There are memories of 1997 when a national alliance between ex-President Daniel arap Moi (widely accused of funding the 'No' campaign) and Raila Odinga marginalised the mainly Kikuyu politicians in Kibaki's Democratic Party despite economic mismanagement and rampant corruption...


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