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We miss your wisdom Baba, leaders mark Odinga's 81st birthday

Former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga. [PCS]

Today, January 7, would have marked former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga’s 81st birthday, a milestone that has stirred deep emotion across Kenya just three months after his death.

Instead of celebration, the day has been marked by reflection and renewed debate about Odinga’s towering influence, his absence from Kenyan politics, and the uncertain future of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).

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