Raila Amollo Odinga (born 1945) is a
Kenyan Member of Parliament, and was, until
November 23 2005 a Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Roads, Public Works and Housing. He is the son of the first
Vice President of Kenya Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. His brother, Oburu Odinga, is also currently an MP.Raila is commonly known by his first name due to coincidence: he was MP at the same time with his father between 1992 and 1997, and is currently in the House with Oburu. Raila was a presidential contender in the 1997 elections, coming third after President Daniel Arap Moi of KANU and
Mwai Kibaki then of the
Democratic Party. He is currently campaigning to run for president in the December 2007 elections on an
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), after
Kalonzo Musyoka through a lawyer Maanzo declared that the Orange Democratic Party of Kenya (ODM-K) is theirs.
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