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Friday, October 16, 2026

Raila's spirit: Anniversary turned into battlefield of bruised egos, bitter divisions and open rebellion

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Late Raila Odinga Family, friends follow proceedings during the remembrance service at Migwena ground. [Michael Mute, Standard]

It was an event that many had hoped would be the turning point to unite all the political orphans of the late Raila Odinga and breathe new life into a region, a support base and a party in discord.

But if Raila had hoped in his grave that his first anniversary would be the uniting factor, he is probably turning in his grave in disappointment as fissures of division among his former troops deepened in a politically charged anniversary at the historic Migwena grounds in Bondo.

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