KENYA: Beyond the grave: Even in death, Raila refuses to leave the stage

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President William Ruto (third left) and Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye (left) during Mashujaa Day celebrations at Ithookwe Stadium in Kitui County, on October 20, 2025. [PCS]

He may be six feet under, and the afterworld may already have received him, but even in death, Raila Amolo Odinga refuses to leave Kenya’s political stage.

From the well-manicured yet dusty grounds of Ithookwe Stadium in Kitui County, where the country marked its 62nd Mashujaa Day, his shadow loomed unmistakably large.

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