Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga has died at the age of 80.
A family sources confirmed the development to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Odinga died today Wednesday 15, 2025 while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in India.
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In recent weeks, there has been speculation about his health, although family members and political allies had dismissed reports suggesting he was critically ill.
Politicians and other leaders, including Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, have been sending their condolences.
A political mobiliser and towering figure in Kenyan politics, Odinga ran unsuccessfully for the presidency five times.
Odinga served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. He was the Member of Parliament for Langata Constituency from 1992 to 2013 and has been the Leader of Opposition in Kenya since 2013. He is the leader of Azimio la Umoja- One Kenya Coalition Party.
In 2022 the former prime minister lost election to the incumbent president William Ruto, after which he challenged the announcement of Ruto at the Kenyan supreme Court.
However, Chief Justice Martha Koome said the court found no evidence that the results had been tampered via hacking of The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s (IEBC) servers, as was alleged by Odinga’s camp.
The decision paves the way for Ruto, 55, to be sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president.
The defeat was Odinga’s fifth in five attempts.
He blamed several previous losses on rigging. Those disputes triggered violence that claimed more than 1,200 lives in 2007 and more than 100 lives 10 years later.