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How opposition giants plotted to block Moi - The Standard President Mwai Kibaki, then the Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Raila Odinga and Charity Ngilu plotted to scuttle former President Moi’s swearing-in ceremony after the 1997 General Election, the new biography on Raila reveals. Read full article (external link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raila: Kibaki Betrayed me - Kenya Times From Dr Badejo’s narration, Odinga’s fallout with President Kibaki in 2005 after the Memorandum of Understanding was buried in the past and never to be discussed, comes out clearly and that the Langata MP had initially suffered a similar betrayal informs the move. Read full article (external link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A love-hate affair with Moi, Kibaki - Daily Nation It has been written elsewhere that Mr Raila Odinga stands in the front row of those that will determine President Mwai Kibaki’s political future. It would appear from Babafemi Badejo’s biography that the President does not enjoy quite the same status in the life of the Langata MP. Read full article (external link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ’82 coup: Arrest Raila, say MPs - The Standard Constitutional affairs minister Martha Karua and 11 MPs have called for the arrest and prosecution of Lang’ata MP Raila Odinga over his role in the 1982 abortive coup... In the book, Raila’s biographer Babafemi Badejo says Raila facilitated the acquisition of a house on Ngong Road, which was used as a command centre by the plotters. Read full article (external link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raila's Biography Marks Step in the Right Direction - The Standard Overall, the book gives Raila's admirers and haters alike a pin on which to peg the politician. It is interesting that the writer gave both categories of people a chance to have their say on Raila and published the responses without interpreting or editing them. That is as delicate as it gets when writing about Raila. The book is a beginning in the right direction. Read full article (external link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raila - the Man Behind the Mask - Daily Nation The Raila Odinga biography that was due to be launched in Nairobi last evening is a welcome addition to the rare collection of political biographies in Kenya. In Raila Odinga, An Enigma in Kenyan Politics, Nigerian lawyer and political scientist Dr Babafemi Badejo offers a sympathetic portrait of one of Kenya's most controversial politicians. The book is not just the story of Mr Odinga, but a study of the evolution of Kenya politics over the last 25 or so years. Read full article (external link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Book reveals how Ford was formed - Daily Nation One of the most contentious issues has always been about how and who founded the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy (Ford). Babafemi Badejo's biography claims the seed of the idea was planted at a lunch meeting between Mr Raila Odinga and a US embassy diplomat, Alan Eastham, sometime after the latter's third detention stint. Raila then introduced Eastham to Mr James Orengo. A dinner was organised at the Mr Orengo's house, where the idea was crystallised further. Read full article (external link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Book reveals the day Raila fled disguised as priest - The Standard There was a day Raila Odinga arrived in Kisumu, Ugenya and Bondo but the people who normally give him a rousing welcome could not recognise him... Travelling under different names, sometimes dressed as a priest and other times as a Sheikh, Raila staged a dramatic escape from Kenya by boat at night, through Lake Victoria to Uganda then to Norway, to avoid arrest just before a 1991 Forum for Restoration of Democracy rally at Kamukunji, Nairobi. Read full article (external link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raila Unveiled - The Standard Raila Odinga "facilitated" those who planned the 1982 attempted coup on President Daniel Moi's Government. The facilitation included Raila securing a command post for the plotters on Ngong Road. This is according to a new book on Raila launched in a high-profile ceremony in Nairobi on Thursday evening. Segments of the book read like a thriller on Kenyan politics: These include details of the attempted coup, Raila's flight from Nairobi on the day of the coup, his life in detention and the crude but creative torture methods used on perceived enemies of the State in the heady single party days. Read full article (external link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author Explains Why MP is a Political Enigma - The Standard Raila Odinga's biographer Babafemi Badejo set out to write about the man because he felt Raila was "an enigma". Babafemi said he was attracted to Raila's courageous and daring politics. He could not understand why Raila abandoned the Opposition to join Kanu. He got more interested in Raila when the MP took on Moi in the run-up to 2002 elections. Read full article (external link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Book reveals toture secrets - The Standard he secrets of the Nyayo House torture chambers, the police state that Kenya had become in mid 1980s and the 1982 failed coup have resurfaced with a chilling impact in the biography of a man who went through it. Details of what happened to those who fell victim to state repression read like scenes from a horror film as detailed in Raila Odinga’s biography unveiled on Thursday. Read full article (external link)

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