Raila Odinga has run for president five times, been detained without trial, survived a rigged election, shook hands with the man who stole it, and kept coming back. Son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, he inherited both a political dynasty and the perpetual role of opposition leader. Each campaign tells its own story - of ethnic arithmetic, stolen mandates, constitutional reform, and the question of whether Kenya's democracy has room for a Luo president. This trail follows the man who shaped modern Kenyan politics more from the opposition than most leaders shaped it from State House.
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