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EXPLAINER: How Raila’s death ends the kingmaker era and reshapes 2027 politics

For over 30 years, Raila was the heartbeat of opposition politics

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by Allan Kisia

News27 October 2025 - 22:19
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Kenya’s 2027 general election is already shaping up to be unlike any other in the nation’s modern political history — largely because it will be the first in more than two decades without Raila Odinga on the ballot.

For over 30 years, Raila was the heartbeat of opposition politics, a unifying symbol for millions and the rallying point around which alliances formed or fractured.

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