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A man for all seasons, bearing new name in every cycle of political life

Say his name: Raila Amolo Odinga. It was the identity that he was given at birth, sealed with baptism by near fire. Cognisant that Christianity had been imported with unnecessary Eurocentrism, his father, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, determined that his children would be christened with African names, under Anglican communion.

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