I will keep the fire burning, Raila Odinga tells Nyanza backyard

ODM leader Raila Odinga at the burial of elder Peter Nyangaga Akoth in Seme Kisumu county on October 29, 2022. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

To Nyanza and Western, he remains the ultimate hero and the jigsaw of the region's political and economic future that faces an intricate maze of uncertainty.

And at a time when some had started writing him off after his recent election loss, ODM leader Raila Odinga is rolling up his sleeves to prove critics wrong.