Raila Odinga 'a towering figure in Kenyan politics' died on 15 October 2025, aged 80. A former Prime Minister, and son of Kenya’s first Vice-President, Odinga also famously ran in every Presidential ...

Analysis - One of the markers of Kenyan statesman Raila Odinga was not just his courage in challenging the establishment but his ability to fortify it when circumstances demanded. An example was his ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared in public Wednesday for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia for treason and war crimes, ...

The Kenya Times begins its live coverage of the funeral service of Kenya’s veteran opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, taking place at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was buried Sunday with full military honors as Kenya grapples with political ...

Kenya said on Monday it was reviving investigations into 72 murders as well as allegations of forced eviction and arson ...

Analysis - Arguments have been made on the fallen Kenyan political maestro, the late Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga as a leader whose political imprints into the sands of our time are at best enigmatic.

Kenya’s political class has come together in a rare show of unity to mourn the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died Wednesday morning while receiving treatment in India. Odinga, a ...

The death of Raila Odinga on 15 October has left a void not just in Kenya’s opposition politics but in the country’s collective political memory. For more than four decades, Raila embodied defiance, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns rattled authorities and gave him an outsized influence on political life ...

Raila Odinga’s political influence in Western Kenya spanned more than two decades, shaping the region’s alliances, leadership, and reform agenda. At one point, he even claimed lineage from the Wanga ...