Former prime minister and ODM leader Raila Odinga joins a group of African leaders who were popular and influential but never attained power to lead their countries.
These include Etienne Tshisekedi, the father of the current Democratic Republic of Congo president Felix Tshisekedi, who became president in 2019; the late John Garang Mabior of Southern Sudan; the late Patrice Lumumba of the DRC; and Nigerians Moshood Kashimawo Abiola—whose June 1993 presidential victory was annulled by the state—and Obafemi Awolowo.
