Kenya’s political theatre has rarely lacked drama, but the weeks following the death of Raila Odinga have produced a spectacle few anticipated. In the vacuum left by the departure of one of the country’s most formidable political figures, a new and forceful presence has emerged from within his own bloodline.
Winnie Odinga has stepped forward not as a reluctant inheritor of a legacy, but as a determined political actor, confronting grief, factionalism and ambition with an audacity that has electrified the national conversation.
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