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Opposition leader Raila Odinga has faced off with three Kenyan presidents and got his reward in each duel. Although the veteran opposition leader has unsuccessfully contested the presidency five times, he has mastered the art of remaining politically relevant on the national arena for over two and a half decades.
He has also been a thorn in the flesh of the administrations of former Presidents Daniel arap Moi, Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta, forcing the three to accommodate him despite initially not seeing eye to eye.
In all instances, he has come out with something, starting with a merger with Moi, a coalition with Kibaki and the famous handshake with Uhuru, although he has played down talk that the handshake benefited him or his ODM party, given he did not earn a share of government.
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