BWIRE: Raila Baba often forgotten as key Pan-Africanist we must honour

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga./FILE

I physically rubbed very close shoulders with Raila Odinga only once in my life, but I can confidently say I believed in him. Even though he was a different thing at different times, I cast my vote for him over and over.

I knew he had the pan-African spirit many never had. The rest about him, I saw only in the media, through the lenses of others. While many viewed him in awe and pride, others viewed him in disgust and confusion, about him as a person but mostly about his political stance.