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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 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...


Oranges up, bananas down

The referendum has relaunched or unmade several political careers: Raila Odinga: The referendum brought his rivalry with President Mwai Kibaki to a head...


A proxy election

The 'no' group of Orange Revolutionaries is led by Public Works Minister Raila Amolo Odinga...


Banana-skin vote

President Mwai Kibaki's National Alliance of Kenya (NAK) is for bananas; Public Works Minister Raila Odinga's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) prefers oranges...


Dancing partners

The bizarre pas de deux between President Mwai Kibaki and cabinet dissident Raila Odinga raises doubts as to whether the President can win the national referendum on the new constitution in November...


Inside track

We hear Karegeya is also accused of 'inappropriate' relations with politicians such as Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete and Kenya's Raila Odinga - the FPR regime considers both hostile...


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