Two years since Gen Z protests rocked President Ruto's government, thousands gear up to take to the streets again.

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 willingness ...

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President William Ruto and Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga pay last respects to the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University, on October 19, 2025. [Benjamin Sakwa, ...

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 ...

Heavy security deployed after deaths at viewing on Thursday Mourners wave handkerchiefs and blow vuvuzelas at funeral Odinga ran for president five times NAIROBI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Two people were ...

NAIROBI – A stampede at a soccer stadium Friday during the state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga killed two people and injured more than 100 others. Kenyans had turned ...

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 ...

Raila Amollo Odinga, who has died at the age of 80, was something of a paradox in post-independence Kenyan politics. A leader who repeatedly ran for president, he never won – in part due to the 2007 ...

He was one of the most pivotal public figures in Kenya. He died this week after fighting against tribalism for decades. By Jeffrey Gettleman Jeffrey Gettleman was the Times’s East Africa bureau chief ...

Police in Kenya fired tear gas Thursday at thousands of mourners at a public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died a day earlier in India. The mourners filled a ...

Few figures have done more to derail and contain the revolutionary strivings of Kenya’s oppressed masses than Raila Odinga. His death on Wednesday ends the long political career of a man who, for more ...