Raila's defeat ignites call for his return to opposition leadership

A crowd below Kondele Overpass follows the proceedings in Addis Ababa as voting went on to decide for the AUC chairman during AUC head of state meeting. [Michael Mute, Standard]

Gloom and heartbreak engulfed veteran politician Raila Odinga's Nyanza and Western support bases as Kenyans came to terms with the loss of his African Union Commission chairperson bid.

It was an election they had hoped would have been the climax of Raila's political journey.