The Raila Odinga Factor in Kenyan Politics

[Onyango Oloo]

This is an old essay that I composed and posted on Xmas eve, 2003. In the light of the excitement about this Kenyan politician- and on tribalist claims that anyone who supports Raila and happens to be a Luo is "worshipping their god", I thought that perhaps it would be of some interest for JUKWAA readers to get an extended sample of how Onyango Oloo assesses Raila Odinga- the one Kenyan who draws the most traffic in all the Kenyan online forums together:


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Topic subject The Raila Odinga Factor in Kenyan Politics
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34557, The Raila Odinga Factor in Kenyan Politics
Posted by Onyango Oloo, Wed Dec-24-03 01:29 AM