Friends said he left Nairobi after meeting a group of Western Kenya leaders in Karen and was heading to his rural home in Lugari, Kakamega. Other accounts suggested he had travelled to Naivasha for a ...

Kenyan security forces fired in the air and lobbed tear gas to disperse thousands of mourners on Thursday at a stadium where the deceased opposition leader, Raila Odinga’s body was on view. Odinga, a ...

She insists ODM is ‘not for sale’ and is pushing for a generational reset, including a rethink of the party’s deal with ...

The optimism of Kenya’s 2022 elections, once hailed for policy-driven campaigns, has collapsed into tribal politics reminiscent of the Moi era Rigathi Gachagua’s fallout with President William Ruto ...

Kenya's former prime minister and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80. Widely regarded as one of the country's most influential political figures, Odinga shaped Kenya's ...

Kenya’s former Prime Minister and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80. Widely regarded as one of the country’s most influential political figures, Odinga shaped Kenya’s ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya, died on Wednesday in India, where he was traveling when he suffered a heart attack. While he never became president of his East ...

A supporter of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga grieves while escorting Odinga’s body, in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 16, 2025 (AP photo by Andrew Kasuku). In life, Raila Amolo Odinga was both ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns challenged one-party rule, rattled authorities and gave him outsized ...