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Sea of blue and orange as Raila Odinga makes final call

Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua make their way to Kasarani Stadium on August 06, 2022, to attend their last rally before the General Election. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

In the 21 seconds that he spent walking down the runway branded "Baba the Fifth", Raila Odinga must have been soaking in the historic moment before him.

A packed stadium of more than 60,000 cheered him on as he marched to the front, where he would cede his destiny into the hands of 22.1 million Kenyans registered to participate in Tuesday's election.

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