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Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi

Raila Odinga, towering Kenyan opposition figure, dies aged 80

Odinga giving a speech
Odinga giving a speech in Nairobi last year. Photograph: Daniel Irungu/EPA

The veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who ran five times for the presidency and had a profound influence on the country’s politics, has died aged 80 in India.

Odinga was in the southern city of Kochi for treatment. The Press Trust of India news agency reported that he had a cardiac arrest during a morning walk.

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