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Raila: Rights defender kept the wrong company in his last years

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga's family during the funeral service at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University in Bondo, on October 19, 2025. [PCS] 

Figuratively, the late Raila Odinga, who was buried on Sunday, died while in the wrong company. From the decorated freedom fighter that he is believed to have been, the people in charge of his funeral were the most unqualified to eulogise him.

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