New-found allies promise to power Raila’s 2022 bid

ODM leader Raila Odinga during Azimio la Umoja National Convention on December 10, 2021, at Moi International sports complex Kasarani Stadium. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

ODM leader Raila Odinga announced his presidential bid at Kasarani in the presence of new allies, mainly from President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party.

Absent were Raila’s traditional allies and former partners in two defunct coalitions - Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) and the National Super Alliance (Nasa) which he used to vie in two elections.