I was born in January 7, 1945 a Kenyan politician, currently serving as the Prime Minister of Kenya with president Mwai Kibaki in a coalition government. I have served as a Member of Parliament for Langata since 1992,I was Minister of Energy from 2001 to 2002, and I was Minister of Roads, Public Works and Housing from 2003 to 2005. I was the main opposition candidate in the disputed 2007 presidential election. Following a post-electoral crisis that resulted in the deaths of 1,500 people and the displacement of 600,000 more, I took the office of Prime Minister, at the head of a national unity government, in April 2008.

I am the son of the first Vice President of Kenya, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga; My brother, Oburu Odinga, is also currently an MP. I am commonly known by my first name Raila due to coincidence: and I was an MP at the same time as my father between 1992 and 1994, and I am currently in the House with Oburu. I was a presidential contender in the 1997 elections, coming third after President Daniel arap Moi of KANU and Mwai Kibaki now the current president of Kenya but then a member of the Democratic Party. I campaigned to run for president in the December 2007 elections on an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket.

On September 1, 2007, I was elected as the presidential candidate of the ODM. I garnered significant support in the 2007 General Election, with majority of the votes in my native Nyanza province and a considerable mileage in Rift Valley, Western, Coast, Nairobi (Capital) and North Eastern provinces. Kibaki led in his native Central province and beat me in Eastern province. My party, ODM, got 99 seats in the parliament with Kibaki's, its affiliates and other opposition parties managing 101 seats.

On December 30, 2007, the chairman of the Kenyan election commission declared my opponent, incumbent president Kibaki, the winner of the presidential election by a margin of about 230,000 votes. I have disputed the results, alleging fraud by the election commission but I have refused an election petition before the courts. Independent international observers have since stated that the poll was marred by irregularities on both sides, especially at the final vote tallying stages. Many Kenyans across the country protested against the announced election results.

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