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Power, pact and betrayal: Winnie, Aunt Ruth and Uncle Oburu

The Odinga dynasty at war with itself. [File, Standard]

It might always have been obvious that Raila Odinga’s eventual death – though perhaps never contemplated by anyone except his sworn enemies – would radically rattle and change the political equation.

What few might have predicted was that three members of his family – his brother Dr Oburu Oginga, his sister Ruth Odinga Busia, and his daughter Winnie – would each come to the fore in such markedly different ways.

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