A dominant figure in Kenyan politics for decades, Odinga made five unsuccessful attempts at the presidency.

Odinga died on Wednesday while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in India, family sources tell the BBC.

Er war der ewige Präsidentschaftskandidat und prägte die politische Opposition in Kenia. Nun ist Raila Odinga im Alter von 80 Jahren gestorben.

Raila Odinga, a respected statesman who led Kenya as prime minister during the late 2000s and into the 2010s, has reportedly died at the age of 80.

A dominant figure in Kenyan politics for decades, Odinga made five unsuccessful attempts at the presidency.

Odinga, who ran five times for presidency and had profound influence on Kenyan politics, has died in India

From hero to compromised insider, his life told the story of a nation undone by the very system it created.