Raila's pushback against Ruto's forays to safeguard power base

Raila Odinga speaks during a past event in Kitengela, Kajiado County. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

When he could no longer see eye to eye with his party Ford Kenya in the 1990s, Raila Odinga, took the bold step of resigning from the party. As the then Lang'ata lawmaker, he sought a fresh mandate from the voters.

Amid a bitter fallout with former Vice President the late Kijana Wamalwa over Ford-K's leadership in 1994, Raila would then join the National Development Party (NDP), defending his Lang'ata seat in the resultant by-election. He won.