Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga
Raila Odinga served as Prime Minister of Kenya, and was the MP of Langata between 1992 and March 2013. He came third in the 1997 Presidential election and as ODM candidate was runner up to Mwai Kibaki in the 2007 Presidential Election. In 2013 he unsuccessfully contested the Presidential elections that saw Uhuru Kenyatta declared the 4th President. In 2017 he successfully contested the August 8th polls that saw the Supreme Court nullify the elections. He nonetheless absconded the fresh October 26th polls that saw President Uhuru re-elected for another final term.
Experience
Current Political Positions
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Coalition Member
Started 13th February 2013 of Coalition for Reforms & Democracy
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Member
Started 2005 of Orange Democratic Movement
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party leader
Started 2005 of Orange Democratic Movement
Previous Political Positions
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Aspirant President
2011 → 4th March 2013 for Kenya of REPUBLIC OF KENYA
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Member of Parliament
2008 → 4th March 2013 for Langata
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Prime Minister
2008 → 4th March 2013 of Cabinet
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Member of Parliament
2003 → 2007 for Langata
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Member
2002 → 2007 for Langata of National Rainbow Coalition
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Minister of Roads & Public Works
2003 → 2005 of Cabinet
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Minister of Energy
2001 → 2002 of Cabinet
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Member of Parliament
1998 → 2002 for Langata
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party leader
1997 → 2002 for Langata of National Development Party (NDP)
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Member of Parliament
1993 → 1997 for Langata
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Member
1992 → 1997 for Langata of Ford Kenya
Committee Memberships
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Member
2008 → January 2013 of House Business Committee
Job History
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Assistant Director
1975 → 1982 of Kenya Bureau of Standards
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Chief Engineer
1974 → 1975 of East Africa Spectre Limited
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Tutorial Fellow
1970 → 1974 of University of Nairobi
Education
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Primary School Student
(KAPE (Kenya African Preliminary Examination))
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Undergraduate Student
(Msc Mechanical Engineering)
1965 → 1970 of Magdeburg College of Advanced
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Secondary School Student
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Secondary School Student