Raila Odinga, former Prime Minister of Kenya, dies in India

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Raila Odinga, former Prime Minister of Kenya, dies in India  Raila Odinga, former Kenyan Prime Minister, dies at Ayurvedic hospital in Kerala at 80 after cardiac failure  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/10/15/raila-odinga-former-prime-minister-of-kenya-dies-in-kerala  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Former Kenyan Prime Minister Rai Lodinga, who had been undergoing treatment in Kochi, India,

00:06passed away on Wednesday due to cardiac arrest.

00:10Lodinga collapsed during a morning walk within the premises of an eye facility

00:14and was rushed to one hospital within the region where he was pronounced dead at around 9.52 Indian time,

00:23according to local reports.

00:25The 8-year-old Lodinga is a prominent Kenyan politician who served as a country's Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013.

00:34A member of the Lua tribe, he entered Parliament in 1992

00:38and ran unsuccessfully for the President in 1997, 2007, 2013, 2017 and 2022,

00:47claiming to have been cheated of victory.

00:49In the last four elections, Lodinga is the son of the nation's first Vice President

00:54and was seen as the longest opposition figure in Kenya.

00:58Just like the Kenyatta family, Lodinga family have dominated Kenyan politics

01:02since the country won independence from Britain in 1963.

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