Naming his first born son after the Cuban revolutionist Fidel Castro in 1973 was perhaps Raila Odinga’s best way to express his political persuasion.
The story on how the CORD leader picked the name of his youth-hood hero Fidel Castro for his son, is traced by Babafemi Badejo, the author of his autobiography: ‘Raila Odinga; An Enigma in Kenyan Politics.’