The photo was taken in 1979, few years before the 1982 attempted coup.Raila had just married his current wife, Ida Odinga, and they had one child, the late fidel Odinga.

Raila Odinga,the most fearless politician in Kenya, has gone through a lot. He was jailed for 8 years, he lost presidency four times and even witnessed as the former president,Mwai Kibaki,”snatched” his victory.Now our icon is gone but we will never forget him in our hearts,he was the key behind our democracy,most constitutional reforms and so many achievements we have witnessed as a country Rip baba.