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8 unusual facts about Raila Odinga


Odinga

Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya, son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga

Onyi Papa Jey

His career catapulted into national fame with the release of his debut album "Raila ODM" and particularly its title track, which was devoted to Raila Odinga, the Orange Democratic Movement's presidential candidate at the 2007 Elections.

Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Raila Odinga, a former Prime Minister of Kenya, is an alumnus of the Technical University.

Raila Doctrine

Raila Odinga who also happens to be the immediate former Kenyan Prime Minister, has contested three times for presidency of Kenya and has lost in all the occasions.

The Raila Doctrine is a phrase which has been used rather satirically to describe how Raila Odinga has been reacting to his losses in Kenyan Elections.

...a presidential election can never be declared to have been free and/or fair unless Raila Odinga wins the election.

Reunion F.C.

Former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga is said to have once been on the books at Reunion in the 1960s.

The Kenya Presidential Election Petition 2013

The main petitioner Raila Odinga in a press conference shortly after the results were announced on 9 March in a Speech he titled 'democracy on trial' noted that the election had been marred by massive failures by the BVR kits, Pollbooks, tallying system and transmissions system.


Ambira

Others include the independence fighters and socialist politicians Achieng Oneko and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, the latter's son Prime Minister Raila Odinga, former ministers Robert Ouko and Tom Mboya, and the historian Bethwell Allan Ogot.

Oburu Odinga

Oburu is from well known Odinga political family, his brother Raila Odinga was second in the Presidential elections of December 2007 and March 2013.


see also

Musalia Mudavadi

Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (born on 21 September 1960,Sabatia, Vihiga District) is a Kenyan politician, formerly serving as Deputy Prime Minister and was an unsuccessful presidential hopeful under the United Democratic Forum Party (UDF) after decamping from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) led by the prime minister Raila Odinga where before his resignation he served as the Deputy party leader.He was third placed in the Kenyan general election 2013.

Politics of Kenya

The outcome of that referendum, in which the draft constitution was rejected, signalled a wider re-alignment before the 2007 elections, in which the No team reorganised itself as the Orange Democratic Movement with Raila Odinga as their presidential flag bearer whilst those in the Yes team ended up in several political parties including the Party of National Unity (Kenya).