Raila Odinga

About Raila Odinga

Political leader who took office as Kenya's Prime Minister in April 2008. He began representing Langata in Kenyan Parliament in 1992.

Raila Amolo Odinga is a Kenyan politician who served as Leader of the opposition from 2013 to January 14, 2018. He was a Member of Parliament of Langata from 1992 to 2013. He served in the Cabinet Kenya as Minister of Energy from 2001 to 2002, and Minister of Roads, Public Works and Housing from 2003 to 2005. Odinga was appointed Senior Representative for Infrastructure Development at the Commission of the African Union in 2018. He was the main opposition candidate in the 2007 presidential election, running for the incumbent President. Mwai Kibaki. In the presidential election that followed five years later, he was second to Uhuru Kenyatta, earning 5,340,546 votes, representing 43.28% of the total. He ran another presidential race in August 2017 against Uhuru Kenyatta and lost after the voter president declared Uhuru Kenyatta the winner with 54% of the vote versus 43% for Odinga.

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Trivia

He served his country as Minister of Energy from 2001 to 2002 and as Minister of Roads, Public Works, and Housing from 2003 to 2005.

Raila Odinga before fame

He was temporarily imprisoned after being part in a political coup in 1982.

Achievement of Raila Odinga

He served his country as Minister of Energy from 2001 to 2002 and as Minister of Roads, Public Works, and Housing from 2003 to 2005.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Raila Odinga family life

Fidel, Rosemary, Raila, and Winnie were his four children from his marriage to Ida Oyoo.

Associations of Raila Odinga

Under Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's government, he served as Prime Minister.

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