Raila Odinga’s political journey was marked not by convenience, but by conviction; not by opportunism, but by an unshakeable loyalty to the oppressed and excluded. [FILE] Today, we mark a birthday not with celebration, but with contemplation; not with applause, but with silence heavy with meaning. We have no doubt lost; Raila Amollo Odinga was Kenya’s political colossus, Africa’s democratic conscience, and one of the most consequential architects of multiparty democracy in the post-colonial world. Raila Odinga belonged to that rare category of leaders who do not merely participate in history but interrupt it — forcing power to pause, reflect,…
Author: By Peter Anyang Nyong’o
Raila Odinga’s political journey was marked not by convenience, but by conviction; not by opportunism, but by an unshakeable loyalty to the oppressed and excluded. [FILE] Today, we mark a birthday not with celebration, but with contemplation; not with applause, but with silence heavy with meaning. We have no doubt lost; Raila Amollo Odinga was Kenya’s political colossus, Africa’s democratic conscience, and one of the most consequential architects of multiparty democracy in the post-colonial world. Raila Odinga belonged to that rare category of leaders who do not merely participate in history but interrupt it — forcing power to pause, reflect,…