Raila Odinga’s journey of pain and hope: Detention, exile, and betrayals that shaped him
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (second right) with his son, Raila, and members of Raila's family at Kileleshwa in Nairobi . They are Ms Ida Raila (holding little Winnie), Raila Junior and Rosemary.
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died last week aged 80, was stalked by personal tragedy, injustices, political setbacks, and betrayals throughout his life.
A priest refused to baptise him as a child because he had no Christian names, the colonial government denied him a passport to study abroad, he lost close family members in the most traumatising way and when he fled to exile in 1991 without a passport, he struggled to find his way back home until a top British official raised the matter with the then Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako in London.
