Raila knew when to yield to pragmatism for the sake of the nation

Military officers during the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Bondo, on October 19, 2025. [PCS]

Following his ascension to the Office of the Prime Minister in April 2008, one of Raila Odinga’s earliest official tours was to my hometown Nandi Hills. 

The country was then reeling from the bloodbath that followed a disputed presidential election: A nation scarred, divided, and tentatively stitched together through a quick-fix grand coalition government meant to restore sanity.