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1. www.npr.org › sections › parallelsObama's Roots A Source Of Pride — And Discord — In Kenya

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   Jul 24, 2015 · On one side was Raila Odinga, an ethnic Luo like Obama's father, Barack Senior. On the other was Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's first president and a Kikuyu. The polls were neck and...

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3. slate.com › news-and-politics › 2008The media descend on Obama's Kenyan family. - Slate Magazine

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   Oct 28, 2008 · For Prime Minister Odinga, who, like the Obamas, belongs to the Luo tribe, and whose loss in a tainted presidential election last December touched off devastating ethnic violence, the...

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Raila_OdingaRaila Odinga - Wikipedia

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   Raila Amolo Odinga (born 7 January 1945) is a Kenyan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Langata Constituency from 1992 to 2013 and has been the Leader of Opposition in Kenya since 2013. He is the leader of Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party.

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6. www.nytimes.com › kenya-election-odingaHow Raila Odinga Lost His Stronghold, Then Kenya’s Presidency ...

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   Aug 19, 2022 · Aug. 19, 2022. KISUMU, Kenya — For decades, Kenya’s veteran opposition politician Raila Odinga has been the chief political power broker in the western counties around Lake Victoria, relying on...

7. www.npr.org › templates › storyObama Tries Personal Diplomacy in Kenya : NPR

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   Jan 12, 2008 · January 12, 20088:00 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday. Listen. Playlist. U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama made time this week to call the leaders of warring factions in Kenya....

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   Who is Raila Odinga?

   • Raila Odinga was born at the Anglican Church Missionary Society Hospital in Maseno, Kisumu District, Nyanza Province on 7 January 1945 to Mary Juma Odinga and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. His father served as the first Vice President of Kenya under President Jomo Kenyatta. He is a member of the Luo ethnic group.

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   Did Kenyans celebrate Obama as a Luo?

   • But by the time of his re-election in 2012, Kenyan audiences celebrated him less as the son of a nation than as the son of a particular ethnic group. "There were a section of Kenyans who celebrated, others who cursed and mourned, seeing Obama as a Luo," says Caleb Atemi, a Nairobi-based media consultant.

   Obama's Roots A Source Of Pride — And Discord — In Kenya

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   Is Odinga a pro-democratic opposition leader promoting change?

   • Nic Cheeseman, a professor of democracy at the University of Birmingham who has written extensively about politics in Kenya, said that for Mr. Odinga, “the claim to be a kind of pro-democratic opposition leader promoting change was undermined by not being able to organize his own party in a democratic way.”

   How Raila Odinga Lost His Stronghold, Then Kenya’s Presidency - The N…

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   Why did Odinga leave Kenya?

   • Odinga was finally released on 21 June 1991, and in October he fled the country to Norway amid indications that the increasingly corrupt Kenyan government was attempting to assassinate him without success.

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9. news.bbc.co.uk › 2 › hiBBC NEWS | Africa | Odinga says Obama is his cousin

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   Jan 8, 2008 · Last Updated: Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 13:24 GMT. E-mail this to a friend. Printable version. Odinga says Obama is his cousin. Mr Obama (r) is descended from the same Luo tribe as Mr...

10. www.msn.com › en-xl › africaNext Luo kingpin? How Raila succession has divided the Odinga ...

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    Azimio leader Raila Odinga's bid for the chairmanship of the African Union Commission (AUC) has sparked an intense battle among his lieutenants to take over his mantle as the doyen of Luo Nyanza ...