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Raila pays last respects and describes Moi as a freedom fighter

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga embraces Baringo Senator Gideon Moi when he visited the family to condole with them. [Stafford Ondego/Standard]

ODM leader Raila Odinga yesterday talked about his family’s long-standing ties with the former President Daniel arap Moi, who he described as a freedom fighter.

Raila recalled learning about Moi for the first time in 1958, a few years after the country’s second president joined the Legislative Council of Kenya (Legco) alongside his late father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.

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