From Moses to Joshua: ODM's journey to 'Caanan' after Raila

Funeral service for the late former Prime Minister and ODM leader Raila Odinga.

There is something almost biblical about Kenyan politics. We speak in metaphors without noticing it. We talk about liberation, about journeys like the current one to Singapore, about crossing rivers and entering “Canaan.” For decades, one man carried that promise on his shoulders: Raila Odinga.

Raila framed his mission as a march toward a just and democratic Kenya. He endured detention, exile, betrayal, defeat and reinvention. Like Moses before Pharaoh, he confronted authority and demanded space for his people. His supporters saw him as a liberator who expanded democratic space and gave voice to the marginalised.