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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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Langata landmark

Raila Odinga's defeat of the ruling Kenya African National Union's Fred Amayo in the Langata by-election on 11 March offers a rare glimmer of hope to the opposition...

With Kikuyu supremos Kenneth Matiba and Mwai Kibaki lining up behind Raila Odinga while the discredited leader of Ford Kenya Michael Kijana Wamalwa backed KANU's Amayo there are signs of a wider realignment of politics...

Former Ford Kenya activist Raila Odinga's standing has been greatly enhanced after he won the Lang'ata by-election on his National Democratic Party Kenya ticket...


Bombs and plots

This time before trouble began Moi pointed the finger at the new opposition alliance between Raila Odinga who leads part of the Forum for Democracy-Kenya and Kenneth Matiba leading a group within Ford-Asili...

Raila Odinga has inherited the titular headship of the Luo 16 per cent of the population...

Raila Odinga's faction is based on Luo solidarity: it wants the country' s first Luo president...

Ford-K now has two rival headquarters: Raila Odinga' s at Agip House and Wamalwa' s at Hurlingham Arcade...


Eyes right

For his part Wamalwa has already been exiled from Ford-Kenya's Agip House headquarters by Raila Odinga who is organising a delegates' conference to confirm himself as party leader...

Raila Odinga declared his candidacy for the Kenyan presidency on 10 March to deafening cheers from his mainly Luo supporters...

On 6 March he had an extended lunch with Raila Odinga to discuss collaborating in yet another opposition alliance...


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