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In the news this morning, Kenya’s long serving opposition leader and former prime Raila Amolo Odinga has died in India where he had gone for treatment. His death follows speculation over his absence from the public for days.
The opposition titan died at an Ayurvedic eye hospital-cum-research centre at Koothattukulam in Ernakulam district of Kerala in India on Wednesday (October 15, 2025). He was 80. He suffered a cardiac failure during his morning walk on the hospital.
The death occurred around 9 a.m, according to the authorities of Sreedhareeyam Ayurvedic Eye Hospital and Research Centre. He had been under treatment at the facility for the last five days. He was accompanied by his daughter and personal doctor, they said.
Mr. Odinga had served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008-2013. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Langata constituency from 1992 to 2013 and had been the Leader of the Opposition in Kenya for long.
He has contested for presidency since the early 2000s challenging Moi Kibaki twice, Challenging Uhuru Kenyatta twice in 2013 and 2017 and contested with the current president William Samoei Ruto in 2022 with backing of former president Uhuru Kenyatta.
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