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Raila Odinga the quiet young man of the 70s who became a political colossus

Rebel: Raila Odinga was arrested after the 1982 coup attempt. [Archive, Stanadrd]

Very little was known of Raila Odinga before the failed coup of 1982. Only his subsequent arrest made Kenyans curious about this rabble-rouser.

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